Giuggiolo

Back in Italy we used to have a tree in our garden called Giuggiolo , that actually look like a pomegrate tree , but was producing dates like fruit called giuggioli ...
it is cultivated in north Italy where temperature are really cold , so it should grow over here as well.
Das anyone know what`s the name in English and if actually anyone has ever seen one in UK?

 

Zizyphus.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ziziphus


Never seen one in Britain.
Ziziphus zizyphus maybe.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jujube

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=Ziziphus zizyphus&rls=com.microsoft:en-US&oe=utf8&redir_esc=&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=tppaT52EAdLo8QPP543XDg&biw=1376&bih=663&sei=uZpaT-rrAo238gPNttkc

 

Ziziphus zizyphus
Also known as Chinese Date or Jujube
They are on Ebay - but only in tablet form as medication

 

wow thanks, you are right ........as I remember they where called cinese date as well , as much as they can handle frost really easy ....but I suppose that is one them fruit that no one wanted and it will be impossible to find it.