JUJUBE (<i>ZIZIPHUS JUJUBA</i>) INTRODUCTION RESULTS IN A FOOTHILL ZONE OF THE REPUBLIC OF ADYGEA
The paper presents research results, showing the possibility of growing subtropical culture jujube in soil and climatic conditions of Adygei foothills. We studied two jujube cultivars called ‘Yuzhanin’ and ‘Ta-yang zhao’, promising for industrial and amateur gardening in the foothills conditions of the North-West Caucasus. The paper brings the terms of passing phenological phases, yield and fruit morphology of jujube fruits; there is also a comparative assessment of the overall sugar content in the cultivars ‘Ta-yang zhao’ and ‘Yuzhanin’. The plants of the studied jujube cultivars were resistant to diseases and pests in the studied region.