Re: Dragon Fruit
Yeah, I've seen them there before and had heard last year that some of those were known here in CA by other names. But, in reality, none of them had ever been named by Paul Thomson though he did name 3-S as 'Delight'. The first four on the list above (as well as 3-S, 4-S, 5-S, and 6-S) were crosses between two unknown species which Thomson called 'Neitzel' and 'Rixford'. 'Neitzel' is the only species other than H. undatus that produces white fleshed fruit while 'Rixford' has red-flexhed fruit. Both were reported as having fruits of very good to excellent quality and flavor. Thomson also did two other hybrids from 'Rixford' and 'Houghton'. 'Houghton' may not be Hylocereus but a related genus.
This information is from Paul Thomson's book, Pitahaya, A Promising New Fruit Crop For Southern California, Second Edition August 2002.
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