Jujube, 'GA866'

Elongated fruit, about 2 inches in length; ripens towards the end of the season. One of the seedling selections from the field trials at the Chico, California Research Station. Thousands of seeds were planted as a research project to popularize the jujube in the 1950's. GA 866 has turned out to be the sweetest cultivar from that project and can have a soluble sugar reading of 45% brix. Lovely dense, crispy texture when eaten fresh, with a pleasing sweet kick.