The jujube is a hardy, drought-resistant, virtually pest and disease free tree that is attractive and easy to grow, with bountiful fruit production. The sweet apple-like fruit is know as the Chinese date and can be eaten fresh off the tree or dried. Order your bare root trees now for…

by Annie Snider
Nov 10, 2009
From the months of August to November, visitors to Gene Yale’s Skokie home walk out the door with overflowing bags of apples. The fruits aren’t your typical Red Delicious or Fuji, though, but striped and lopsided apples with names such as Virginia Beauty, Hudson’s Golden Gem, Scarlett O’Hara, and Bramley’s Seedling…