You need to graft a branch of other jujube variety or grow a different jujube variety near by to cross pollinate. Sugar cane jujube will bear very few fruits if not being cross pollinated. I have a Honey Jar jujube from Just Fruits as well. Do you want to swap scion wood? My dad house have another type of unknown jujube as well not fruited yet.

Let me know if it works out for you. I will send several long fresh cut branches for you to

try.

My email: tiencham@gmail.com

Are two varieties usually needed to have good crops ? I was thinking of getting a tree. I just had my first jujubes yesterday and I found them refreshing.

Florida_Joe's_Z10a, I heard many people claimed that jujube don't usually do well in zone 10a. Moreover, some jujube varieties might not offer a good crop or, in some year, no fruit at all. Li varieties were not require cross pollination, including Shanxi Li.

Did you buy bare root tree?

No I haven't bought a tree yet, I bought the fruit. They sell potted jujube trees at my farmers market though . I'd be surprised if they didn't grow in my zone. They seem to be very popular with people from a number of tropical countries and I've heard that they grow in the carribean, India and Madagascar. The Thai people at my market sell both the fruit and the trees.

Oh I'm sorry. I didn't know they were a different fruit. I wondered why they tasted so different from the Chinese jujube I had in the past. I must be talking about tropical jujube then. Yes they were juicy, crisp, green and tart like a sour apple but not quite as sweet. My apologies.

Florida_Joe's_Z10a, some tropical jujube varieties are nearly as sweet as Li jujube but juicier. As I mentioned above, there are many tropical jujube varieties as well as Chinese jujube, thick skin or thin skin, round or elongated, sour or sweet, however, we don't have a lot choices to choose here in the US. The largest tropical jujube fruit I have ever had was like nearly a size of a tennis ball which was very juicy and had great flavor as well as its fragrance. I personally prefer the tropical jujube because some varieties are even much better than honey jar jujube. I don't know why those tropical jujube have been sold in Florida taste so flat, fragrantless and nearly flavor absent. This would explain why most people in US claimed that tropical jujube is inferior than Chinese jujube in taste.

Thank you so much for the detailed explanation about the vast varieties of the fruit that exists. I personally did'nt like the chinese jujube I sampled here in Florida until they were completely brown and a little wrinkled but the tropical jujube I really enjoyed green and crisp so I wanted a tree since it seems the closest thing flavor-wise to an apple that I could plant here in my zone. I think some of the thai vendors at the market grow the fruit themselves locally so if I can get a tree from the person whose fruit I enjoyed it might be worth the risk of getting lousy fruit I think.