Did you know that the jujube tree (Ziziphus jujuba) is one of the oldest fruit-bearing trees grown in cultivation? In its ...

Jujube trees typically take 3-5 years to produce fruit after planting. The exact time to bear fruit will depend on the variety, the size of the tree when planting, and the growing conditions.

THE jujube tree grows about 25 feet tall with a crown nearly 15 feet in diameter when mature (which, if planted today, would be 2036). Its size makes it one of the better specimens for a small ...

A single jujube tree barely a year old can produce pounds of plum-sized fruit in the fall. One caveat: Jujubes have spine-covered branches, making harvesting potentially painful.

The American persimmon tolerates any well-drained soil. The trees prefer full sun and 10-15 feet to spread. The persimmon tree has a delicate root system and should be coddled the first few years ...

Q. I have a 12-year-old grafted jujube tree. Jujube babies grow all over my garden and into my neighbor's garden. What causes this? Should I remove it and plant it in a pot? N.B., Houston A ...

The Jujube Genome Provides Insights into Genome Evolution and the Domestication of Sweetness/Acidity Taste in Fruit Trees. PLOS Genetics , December 2016 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1006433 Cite This ...

The original jujube -- the real jujube -- is a fruit, not a candy. The fruit is hardly known in America, but the Chinese have been growing and eating jujubes for more than 4,000 years.

Jujube trees tolerate a wide range of temperatures, able to survive winters as cold as minus 15 degrees Celsius, which makes it a good fruit tree to grow in mountains and desert regions.

Built in 2009, the Lingwu World Jujube Trees Expo Park has 4,167 jujube trees. About 62 percent of them are ancient, with the oldest being 277 years old.