Also known as Chinese dates. Jujubes have sweet, reddish-brown fruit. Good fresh - apple like or dried, tastes like dates. Jujube trees have small glossy leaves and they tolerate extreme heat, drought & winter temperatures to -10° F. Leafs out late spring. Blooms early summer. Quick to bear, likes well drained, sunny location. Zone 6-9. They are often the last trees to break dormancy. So don't worry if it takes a while for the tree to leaf out.