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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 caliperThe everyday choice. Enough trunk to stand on its own, young enough to settle in quickly and fruit on schedule.
$34
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Same fruit, different seasons and different jobs. Pick the row that fits your ground and your calendar.
| Variety | Harvest | Chill hours | Pollination | Mature size | Grown | From |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A compact jujube producing exceptionally sweet, crisp, juicy round fruit for fresh eating in hot, dry climates. | Late summer into fall | About 200 hours | Partly self-fruitful; another jujube improves production | Usually 8–15 ft; compact compared with many jujubes | 1,980 | $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 fall | Very low chill | Plant with Li or another jujube for pollination | Usually 15–25 ft tall and wide | 3,055 | $31 |
| A large-fruited, widely adapted jujube with crisp apple-like fruit that becomes chewy and date-like as it dries. | Late summer into fall | Low chill | Can fruit alone; another jujube cultivar improves production | Usually 15–25 ft tall and wide | 6,430 | $31 |
| A precocious, very sweet jujube with small round fruit and crisp flesh on a hardy, drought-resistant tree. | Mid-fall | Very low chill | Partly self-fruitful; another jujube improves production | Usually 15–20 ft tall and wide | 2,525 | $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.