| Chinese poets spoke about the wonderful
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| | like dates flavored with apples and
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| jujube in 600 BC. The fruit of the jujube
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| | chocolate. The pulp of the jujube fruit
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| has been used in ancient Chinese medicine
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| | is centered around a core that contains
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| for many nutritional remedies for 2500
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| | two seeds. The pulp is sweet, soft, and
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| years. Jujubes were used by Gerard in
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| | yellow in color, with some cultivars
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| Europe as a medicinal herb in the 1600's
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| | being white when ripe.
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| to treat ailments of the kidneys, lungs,
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| | After being cured-out and dried, the
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| and liver.
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| | jujube shrivels up into a wrinkled
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| The Chinese jujube was brought to America
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| | delicacy. The fruit is commonly treated
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| by Oriental immigrants who built
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| | similar to raisin production to preserve
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| railroads in Arizona in the early 1900's.
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| | for consumption at a later time.
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| Hundreds of grafted jujube cultivars are
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| | The jujube tree is prized for it's
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| available in China, and a large number of
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| | delicious tasting fruit, the bright-green
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| these trees were imported by the USDA in
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| | waxy leaves, and the fascinating
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| 1908 and planted at the Experiment
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| | silhouette of the tree. The leaves turn
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| Station at Tifton, Georgia, for testing,
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| | bright yellow before they shed after fall
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| according to Otis Woodard.
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| | frosts.
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| Lowell F. Locke of the USDA in 1924
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| | Jujube trees thrive in sandy, poor grade
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| introduced the improved jujube (Chinese
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| | soils such as those found in the
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| Date) to the western U.S., where it was
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| | Southeast, and the trees easily flourish
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| described as "They have a delicious fruit
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| | in dry conditions; however, a little
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| with a smooth brown skin and ivory fruit.
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| | well-placed fertilizer produces amazing
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| You eat them skin and all. It was not
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| | results in a short time. There are many
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| firm as a peach, more like an apple. I
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| | species of jujube that have found use all
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| made jams and jellies from them and also
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| | over the world, including the continents
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| candied them." Locke described the jujube
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| | of Asia, Europe, and Africa.
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| as being cold hardy, late flowering, and
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| | Arab nutritionists use the leaves of the
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| virtually frost proof. The trees are well
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| | jujube tree to kill worms and other
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| adapted to dry and sandy soils and will
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| | parasites that attack the intestinal
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| grow easily without requiring any special
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| | tract and cause diarrhea. A jujube tree
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| attention.
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| | that is native to Spain, France, Italy,
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| The Chinese jujube is native to China,
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| | Syria, and Asia Minor is similar to the
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| Japan, and much of Southeast Asia. The
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| | Asian jujube and has been used
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| deciduous tree grows to 25 feet tall,
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| | medicinally as a food item in Europe,
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| loaded with sharp spines, until it ages
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| | Asia Minor, and Africa. Jujubes were
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| and the spines fall off as the bark is
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| | grown in Algeria and eaten mostly by
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| formed. The yellow fragrant flowers are
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| | Algerian Jews in the third century to
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| small and they mature into reddish brown
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| | celebrate New Years Eve.
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| oval fruits a little larger than an
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| | The Chinese believed that eating the
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| olive. New cultivars of improved jujubes
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| | fruit from the jujube tree would improve
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| can grow as large as a plum and can be as
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| | a person's stamina and strength, as well
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| a round or oval shaped, ripening to a
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| | as an improvement in the function of the
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| reddish-brown color. The jujube fruit can
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| | liver and the immune system. They
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| be eaten fresh off the tree, even when
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| | believed that consumption of the jujube
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| there is much green color on the fruit
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| | would mildly tranquilize a person, act to
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| with faint reddish marks just developing.
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| | fight allergies, and cause a person to
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| In dry locations the fruit will ripen and
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| | gain weight.
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| dry up on the tree, but in the
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| | Nutritionists have found that the fruit
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| Southeastern United States, where the
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| | of the jujube tree contains beneficial
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| humidity is high, the fruit must be
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| | concentrations of Vitamins A, B2, and C.
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| harvested when the color change happens
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| | The jujube also contains minerals
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| and dried in a cool room.
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| | necessary for health, such as phosphorus,
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| Some gardeners describe jujube as tasting
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| | calcium, and iron.
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