The Main Plant entry for Jujubes (Ziziphus jujuba)

I've eaten fruit from an unknown cultivar. Apparently a while back there used to be a huge orchard with lots of trees lying about. Thorny trees with dense foliage. That area had been neglected for a while, but the trees seemed to be fine regardless. Fruit is sweet. Can't really describe the texture very well, save for calling it dry, crunchy, a bit foamy, somewhere between apple and apricot. Flavor, other than sweet' lacks any discerning features save for some tints of "plant," "wood" and "fruit" here and there. Bletted(or fermented), it's a different story when the fruits taste similar to dates, slightly stronger flavor, gooey texture. After this they begin to catch mold quickly. They have a rather short shelf life and a short season, often fruiting around October.

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