Below are three new acquisitions of Jujube cultivars reportedly from Korea(we only had one Korean variety in our publication: Korean #1 on page 88). With these new cultivars, we will only be posting pictures of grafts with evidence of upright growth, but may also post other ‘sub-prime’ grafts if showing signs a fruit or several fruits will reach maturity.
Above: “Kuk Jae 1 Ho”. Always nice to see the number 1 in a name. Obtained several budwood from a jujube enthusiast met online, as well as from nuttrees.net
Above: The same graft of Kuk Jae 1 Ho with three fruits. Fruit at left got chafed after a windy Mojave thrashing. Precocious on Li interstem
Above: Photo taken on Aug 27, 2017 of Kuk Jae 1 Ho fruits ripening.
Above: Kuk Jae 1 Ho fruit — quite similar to Li in shape, size, texture, and taste. Pit was also seedless. Hopefully will show more ‘individuality’ with subsequent fruits.
Above: Grafted on sub-prime low-tier Lang lateral, this Kuk Jae 1 Ho scion did not grow vegetatively, and opted to bear this bedimpled monster jujube instead. Quite obvious this cultivar is up there with Li, Shanxi Li, Globe, and Redlands#4 in fruit size.
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Above: “Tae Seoul Jo”. Also nice to see the word “Seoul”. Must be an important cultivar if it has the capital of South Korea for a middle name! Obtained several budwood from nuttrees.net.
Above: Tae Seoul Jo fruits, precocious on Sugar Cane interstem. Has a delicate crisp with every bite like Honey Jar, with the texture not unlike toasted meringue, and just as sweet! *Fruits ripened in >110F weather(August this year) were radically low-quality compared to fruit borne in October last year. Even the coloration was different.
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Above: Four photos of “Bok Jo”. This graft is precious, since received it as a lone, single-noded segment, so glad to see that it has developed a vigorous upright stem. And the laterals look formidable with those long thorns(still green in the picture). That one fruit it produced is pure sugar! Speaking of sugar, it proved precocious on Sugar Cane. Quite juicy too, for a tiny and possibly deformed fruit, considering the age of graft.
Meanwhile, feel free to check what’s going on — and growing in — our orchard/garden/ kitchen/workshop:
Desert-hardy fruits and vegies which revel in our torrid summers– but also like to chill in our nippy winters.
Masonry and miscellaneous yard accents/functional artsy-fartsies, built ‘from the ground up’. These instant relics may look old and ancient as soon as they are created, but compared to other materials, the ‘old look’ of concrete won’t change much after a long, long time in most environments, that hundreds of years from now, they will look amazingly new! Creating these durable blocks don’t require much money. But will require a bit of muscle, and some cement mix. Just add water, of course.
Fruta Exotica which cannot grow in Sin City, and cannot help but indulge in!
Exotica we’re trying to grow in Sin City, despite the extra work, and some qualms.
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