Jujubes
I purchased my Massandra Jujube from Restoring Eden back in March. Today in the 1st week of October it's completely loaded and bending the tree.
https://restoringeden.co/
A unique, early-ripening variety from the Nikita Botanic Garden in Yalta, Ukraine, Massandra™ Jujube bears good crops of large, flavorful, glossy dark brown fruit.
Origin: The jujube originated in China where they have been cultivated for more than 4,000 years and where there are over 400 cultivars. The plants traveled beyond Asia centuries ago and today are grown to some extent in Russia, northern Africa, southern Europe, the Middle East and the southwestern United States. Jujube seedlings, inferior to the Chinese cultivars, were introduced into Europe at the beginning of the Christian era and carried to the U. S. in 1837. It wasn't until 1908 that improved Chinese selections were introduced by the USDA.
Today there are dozens of varieties to choose from.
They remind me of eating a tiny apple that gets sweeter with each chew. They also taste great dried and are used in many Asian desert drinks.
Hey, Ben B! Jujubes even survive in the low desert of Arizona, actually persisting in vacant, non-irrigated lots as root sucker colonies. They stay green when native species wither. Yet, they are not invasive in natural areas. There is a big old tree with excellent quality fruit in the Dragoon Mountains (of SE Arizona) near an old ranch homestead. It is seedless. Is Massandra seedless? Most jujubes in Tucson are seeded
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