Description

The Li Jujube is the most widely planted variety worldwide, valued for its massive, round fruit and high productivity. While excellent fresh, it truly shines when dried, developing a rich, sweet, date-like flavor and a delightfully chewy texture that stores for months.

• Produces very large, round, reddish-brown fruit with a thin skin and a small pit.

• Flesh is white, dry, and very sweet with a high sugar content, becoming chewy and rich when dried.

• The classic commercial drying variety, known for its consistent size and quality.

• A large, vigorous, deciduous tree with a spreading habit and twisted, thorny branches.

• Self-fruitful but yields more with cross-pollination. An excellent pollinator for other varieties.

• Fruit holds well on the tree and stores excellently after drying at room temperature.

Flavor Profile:

• Flavor: Sweet with a distinctive, rich jujube flavor that intensifies upon drying.

• Texture: Crisp when fresh; becomes dense, meaty, and wonderfully chewy when dried—similar to a date.

• Best Uses: The premier variety for drying. Also good fresh, but drying unlocks its full, classic “Chinese date” potential.