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[Sam Franc <franc@oregonfast.net>]

England's Orchard and Nursery wrote:

>     I have received 1 pound of purchased ZIZIPHUS jujube (Common Name: 
> Chinese Date  Source: India,) resonantly.  These Jujube seed that I 
> ordered from a reputable seed company.  BUT! these seed Is much larger 
> 3 times as much, with a shape that I am unfamiliar with, and many of 
> the seed is larger than most of the fruit I have eaten.
>       I Lived in Korea for 4 year and observed many ZIZIPHUS jujube 
> growing wild and in domesticated setting and I have never seed seed 
> this large.  I know there is 3 species of ZIZIPHUS.  One native to 
> India and Africa (Ziziphus Spinoza) both tropical.   Has any one got 
> and reference on these seed so that I may know more about this 
> type. Can these seed be used an root stock?  Will these seed be graft 
> compatible with ZIZIPHUS jujube?  Is there a more common root stock 
> that I have been missing.    
>  
>  
>
> Clifford England
You talk of what you are familiar with but give no size or reference to 
size.
Sam