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I bought the Thai Giant from Excalibur and the Thornless from Pine Island and had them shipped the Bahamas. The Thornless (Ziziphus jujuba on PIN website) fruited nicely with wonderfully large sweet jujubes. The Thai Giant didn't survive. Never got fruit from it and was planning to replace it. However if someone who has experienced both fruit wouldn't mind weighing in as to whether it is worth replacing the Thai Giant I would appreciate it.
Quote from: willowwater on May 26, 2015, 05:05:07 PMI bought the Thai Giant from Excalibur and the Thornless from Pine Island and had them shipped the Bahamas. The Thornless (Ziziphus jujuba on PIN website) fruited nicely with wonderfully large sweet jujubes. The Thai Giant didn't survive. Never got fruit from it and was planning to replace it. However if someone who has experienced both fruit wouldn't mind weighing in as to whether it is worth replacing the Thai Giant I would appreciate it.They should both be the same cultivar. PIN has it listed incorrectly as Z. jujuba though while it is actually Z. mauritiana. Based on the flowers and fruit it is easily identified as Z. mauritiana but they did not seem to care when I spoke to them about it. They also continue to sell the Sasa spanish lime as Sosa even after I corrected them.
GA866 is a shy bearer for me but tastes very good. Sweet with some acidity.Sherwood is larger fruited than GA866 sweet but not as much acidity. Sherwood also has only a few thorns. My Sherwood flowered but did not bear for 3+ years. Then I grafted several varieties onto it. That year it produced many fruit.I also like Redlands 4 which is a pumpkin shaped fruit of good size. It is sweet and a heavy bearer for me.Li second crop that ripens in the fall is sweet and of good size. The summer crop is not that good. I think when it ripens over a longer period during the cooler part of the year the fruit tastes better.Sugar cane is small but sweet. Try your jujube with some white wine or beer!