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Honey Jar Jujube fruit
The fruit
A mature jujube tree
At mature size

Jujubes · Dave Wilson Nursery

Honey Jar Jujube

Ziziphus jujuba ‘Honey Jar’

A compact jujube producing exceptionally sweet, crisp, juicy round fruit for fresh eating in hot, dry climates.

4 varieties

Chill hours
About 200 hours
Harvest
Late summer into fall
Pollination
Partly self-fruitful; another jujube improves production
Mature size
Usually 8–15 ft; compact compared with many jujubes

Our pick for most gardens

1/2 inch caliper

The everyday choice. Enough trunk to stand on its own, young enough to settle in quickly and fruit on schedule.

$34
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Which one

Every jujube side by side

Same fruit, different seasons and different jobs. Pick the row that fits your ground and your calendar.

VarietyHarvestChill hoursPollinationMature sizeGrownFrom
A compact jujube producing exceptionally sweet, crisp, juicy round fruit for fresh eating in hot, dry climates.Late summer into fallAbout 200 hoursPartly self-fruitful; another jujube improves productionUsually 8–15 ft; compact compared with many jujubes1,980$31
A pear-shaped jujube selected for sweet, chewy date-like fruit after it fully browns, on a tough tree that welcomes long hot summers.Early fallVery low chillPlant with Li or another jujube for pollinationUsually 15–25 ft tall and wide3,055$31
A large-fruited, widely adapted jujube with crisp apple-like fruit that becomes chewy and date-like as it dries.Late summer into fallLow chillCan fruit alone; another jujube cultivar improves productionUsually 15–25 ft tall and wide6,430$31
A precocious, very sweet jujube with small round fruit and crisp flesh on a hardy, drought-resistant tree.Mid-fallVery low chillPartly self-fruitful; another jujube improves productionUsually 15–20 ft tall and wide2,525$31

Counts are what the nursery is growing right now, across every trunk size.

Where this tree sits

The seven layers of a food forest

Lower canopy

Fruit trees kept below the tall ones. Most of this year's programme lives here, held to eight or ten feet by summer pruning.

Jujubes sit in this layer.

Every fruit in the 2027 order