Indian Jujube is a fruit species from the Asian tropics that, once established, is quite tolerant of adverse conditions such as poor soil and drought.
The fruit is typically smaller than a chicken egg and is usually eaten when mature, as indicated by a greenish-yellow color.
The crisp flesh has a taste similar to that of a baked apple. Jujube is also known for its sharp, numerous spines.
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Recently, ECHO acquired a variety of Indian Jujube called ‘Giant Thai’ that is said to produce apple-size fruits when mature.
Our tree has been in the ground for less than a year and is already producing egg-sized fruits (see photo below).
Other interesting features of this variety are nearly thornless stems and large leaves.
ECHO has sent grafted ‘Giant Thai’ jujube trees to Mozambique, Madagascar, and Haiti. It will be interesting to find out how it performs under conditions in those places. So far, we are pleased with how it is doing on our demonstration farm here in Florida.
