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History Of The Jujube Tree

Chinese poets spoke about the wonderfultasting like dates flavored with apples
jujube in 600 BC. The fruit of theand chocolate. The pulp of the jujube
jujube has been used in ancient Chinesefruit is centered around a core that
medicine for many nutritional remediescontains two seeds. The pulp is sweet,
for 2500 years. Jujubes were used bysoft, and yellow in color, with some
Gerard in Europe as a medicinal herb incultivars being white when ripe.
the 1600's to treat ailments of theAfter being cured-out and dried, the
kidneys, lungs, and liver.jujube shrivels up into a wrinkled
The Chinese jujube was brought todelicacy. The fruit is commonly treated
America by Oriental immigrants who builtsimilar to raisin production to preserve
railroads in Arizona in the earlyfor consumption at a later time.
1900's. Hundreds of grafted jujubeThe jujube tree is prized for it's
cultivars are available in China, and adelicious tasting fruit, the
large number of these trees werebright-green waxy leaves, and the
imported by the USDA in 1908 and plantedfascinating silhouette of the tree. The
at the Experiment Station at Tifton,leaves turn bright yellow before they
Georgia, for testing, according to Otisshed after fall frosts.
Woodard.Jujube trees thrive in sandy, poor grade
Lowell F. Locke of the USDA in 1924soils such as those found in the
introduced the improved jujube (ChineseSoutheast, and the trees easily flourish
Date) to the western U.S., where it wasin dry conditions; however, a little
described as "They have a deliciouswell-placed fertilizer produces amazing
fruit with a smooth brown skin and ivoryresults in a short time. There are many
fruit. You eat them skin and all. It wasspecies of jujube that have found use
not firm as a peach, more like an apple.all over the world, including the
I made jams and jellies from them andcontinents of Asia, Europe, and Africa.
also candied them." Locke described theArab nutritionists use the leaves of the
jujube as being cold hardy, latejujube tree to kill worms and other
flowering, and virtually frost proof.parasites that attack the intestinal
The trees are well adapted to dry andtract and cause diarrhea. A jujube tree
sandy soils and will grow easily withoutthat is native to Spain, France, Italy,
requiring any special attention.Syria, and Asia Minor is similar to the
The Chinese jujube is native to China,Asian jujube and has been used
Japan, and much of Southeast Asia. Themedicinally as a food item in Europe,
deciduous tree grows to 25 feet tall,Asia Minor, and Africa. Jujubes were
loaded with sharp spines, until it agesgrown in Algeria and eaten mostly by
and the spines fall off as the bark isAlgerian Jews in the third century to
formed. The yellow fragrant flowers arecelebrate New Years Eve.
small and they mature into reddish brownThe Chinese believed that eating the
oval fruits a little larger than anfruit from the jujube tree would improve
olive. New cultivars of improved jujubesa person's stamina and strength, as well
can grow as large as a plum and can beas an improvement in the function of the
as a round or oval shaped, ripening to aliver and the immune system. They
reddish-brown color. The jujube fruitbelieved that consumption of the jujube
can be eaten fresh off the tree, evenwould mildly tranquilize a person, act
when there is much green color on theto fight allergies, and cause a person
fruit with faint reddish marks justto gain weight.
developing. In dry locations the fruitNutritionists have found that the fruit
will ripen and dry up on the tree, butof the jujube tree contains beneficial
in the Southeastern United States, whereconcentrations of Vitamins A, B2, and C.
the humidity is high, the fruit must beThe jujube also contains minerals
harvested when the color change happensnecessary for health, such as
and dried in a cool room.phosphorus, calcium, and iron.
Some gardeners describe jujube as



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