Need correct spelling of JewJew/Joubejoube Tree

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angedawn47 Lake Charles, LA Jun 25, 2010

Does anyone know the correct spelling of this Tree? It's pronouced JewJew, but spelled more like JoubeJoube.
It makes a small oblong fruit and tastes similar to an apple.

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angedawn47 Lake Charles, LA Jun 25, 2010

I found the correct spelling JubeJube, but it wasn't in the plant files.

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kwanjin (Zone 7a) Jun 25, 2010

is this your plant?

http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/174318/

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angedawn47 Lake Charles, LA Jun 25, 2010

OH, Jujube. It must be similar, but one of the comments said that one had thorns. Mine doesn't have thorns.
Is this a rare plant?

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kwanjin (Zone 7a) Jun 25, 2010

I don;t know. I played with the spelling and came up with this one. There must be others out there if yours doesn't have thorns.

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angedawn47 Lake Charles, LA Jun 25, 2010

Yes, I have a small one that hasn't produced fruit yet. My grandmother used to have one. Our favorite thing to do was to climb the Jujube Tree and eat the fruit. The best I remember it has green fruit that ripens to brown. I had to plant one for my future grandchildren. It is slow growing and I'm wondering if it will be ready for the grandchildren. Lol, maybe for the greats.
It is a Chinese Date, and there are several cultivars.
Thanks for finding the correct spelling for me.

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kwanjin (Zone 7a) Jun 25, 2010

No problem. ^_^

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ViburnumValley Scott County, KY(Zone 5b) Jun 25, 2010

I'm pretty sure that you need to have male and female plants with Ziziphus jujuba.

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angedawn47 Lake Charles, LA Jun 25, 2010

I'm not sure which cultivar it was that my grandmother had, but she only had one and lived way out in the country.

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diamondjfarms Needville, TX(Zone 9a) May 27, 2011

This guy is in Beaumont (same type of growing zone), and seems to have a lot to say about Jujube.

scroll down a bit to Jujube
http://members.fortunecity.com/pjsauber/EdiblePg1.htm

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Cocobijou Boca Raton, FL(Zone 10b) May 30, 2011

I just recently purchased one. It is called an Indian Jujube - Ziziphus mauritiana.

There aren't any spines on it yet.....must still be to young to produce them.

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lablarry Monroe, LA Jun 06, 2011

If you are interested in getting into jujubes the person to email and order from is Roger Meyer, believe in California. I got several varieties from him.

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