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[rob hamilton <lostman_amiga@yahoo.com>]

might I suggest getting in touch with the experimental fruit pots at Alabama A&M Univ.  They are still running Jujube trials there. The last time I was there they had about 12 mature varieties and planting others.

Robert

 

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From: "Hilborn.E@epamail.epa.gov" <Hilborn.E@epamail.epa.gov>
To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Fri, February 4, 2011 11:09:51 AM
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Jujube for SE

Thanks folks. I wish that I had more space to trial some varieties.  It sounds like jujubes need some exploring!

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I grew Li, Lang and Sherwood also, zone 7, in south central VA, and got very few fruits as well.

Amy

NC

On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 4:33 PM, Scott Smith <scott@cs.jhu.edu> wrote:

I am in central Maryland which is in the same heat zone as much of NC and TN (heat zone 7 according to the AHS map - http://ahs.org/publications/heat_zone_map.htm).  Sugar Cane has done OK for me, it took awhile to fruit and does not produce a huge amount but it does give me a harvest of excellent-tasting fruits.  Honey Jar has been my tastiest and most precocious and productive variety; if it were larger it would be the one to beat.  Many kinds don't want to produce very well at all in my climate - Li, Lang and Sherwood all have produced little or nothing in five years, corroborating Richard's experiences.  I don't have Tigertooth.  Shanxi Li has been good but is a recent addition and has only started fruiting; Tsao is very reliable and productive but only OK in flavor.

Scott

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