17752. ZIZIPHUS JUJUBA. 



Jujube. From F. N. Meyer, Changli, 

 Chili, China. Fruit in size and shape 

 very similar to the jujube seedlings 

 commonly grown in Texas, but rather 

 finer flavored, about an inch long;skin 

 thin, tough, flesh rather dry, fairly 

 sweet. Not of special value unless very 

 prolific, as larger varieties are of 

 better quality. 



19394. ZIZIPHUS JUJUBA. 



Chinese Jujube. From F. N. Meyer, 

 Pekin, China. A large fruited variety 

 often met with in Chinese markets. 

 Seedling trees grown at Chico, Cali- 

 fornia, now about 20 feet high, have 

 produced large quantities of fruit of 

 most excellent flavor. Seven hundred 

 small boxes of candied fruit from these 

 trees w ere served at the 1913 banquet 

 of the National Geographic Society. 



35287. ZIZIPHUS JUJUBA. 



Wild Jujube. The seeds of this plant 

 were collected by F. N. Meyer on the 

 city wall of Pekin. A very spiny shrub 

 or small tree, very di'ought-resistant, 

 sometimes used in China as a stock for 

 cultivated jujubes, and should be tried 

 as a stock for these fruits here. 



