Li Jujube Trees
Some people like to eat the Li Jujube green straight off the tree, but most prefer to pick the fruit when amber spots appear, or some growers even wait until the Jujube is completely brown. Jujube trees can survive winter temperatures that drop as low as minus 28°F, and they can survive in extremely high summer temperatures. The Li Jujube fruit ripens well on a kitchen counter or in the refrigerator. Eighty years ago the USDA imported the Li Jujube trees along with other trial cultivars to the Experiment Station in Tifton, Ga. A bowlful of ripe jujubes can be used to prepare many delicious dessert and breakfast condiments. The flavor of the Li Jujube has been described as between an apple and an pear. The Li Jujube forms beneath each leaf in June and ripens in late Summer.