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["Michele Stanton" <6ducks@gmail.com>]

Betsy,
I have tried various jujubes at farmers' markets, CRFG tastings, etc.
Unfortunately I don't remember which cultivars I ate, but the good ones
tasted like apples when the moisture content was high.
I would grow them if they would fruit in my location.
Michele
SW Ohio zone 6a

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Sent: Monday, September 20, 2010 10:34 AM
To: North American Fruit Explorers
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] short story about Texas growers of jujube now jujube
varieties

I must have an unappetizing variety or else I am harvesting them at the
wrong time.

I have a 'So' jujube that is bearing for the first time.  I tried
harvesting when just part of the fruit is brown, I found them crisp but
not very sweet nor interesting in flavor.  I also tried them fully
brown, a bit sweeter, but still not very interesting. I tried drying
them at both stages. I got a hint of the famed date-like flavor, but the
fruit had an unpleasant bitter note.

So, do I have the wrong variety or do I just not care for jujubes?

Betsy Hilborn
7a NC

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