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["Alan ." <yarrylo@hotmail.com>]

I've read that jujubes will fruit within a few years when raised from seed, 
so I went to the Chinese market and purchased both fresh and dried fruit. I 
was wondering if someone here has raised jujubes this way and could give 
some advice/pointers on successfully germinating these seeds. I've read that 
the seeds from dried fruit are not viable, that the outer covering must 
first be cracked to release the 2 seeds inside, that the seeds must first be 
incubated for 2 months and then cold stratified for 3 months. Is any of this 
true in practice?

Alan Stein
Pittsburgh, PA
zone 6