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Old 03-03-2011, 08:37 PM   #308 (permalink)
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Default Re: Dragon Fruit

With regard to Yellow Dragon Fruit:

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Originally Posted by The Hollyberry Lady View Post
Richard, why do the fruits take that long to ripen
It is more tropical than the others, so here in southern CA it takes 9 months instead of the 9 weeks in the tropics. Compare that to the red or white species that ripen here in about 45 days.

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Originally Posted by The Hollyberry Lady View Post
...and furthermore why would someone wait that long?! Are they that good?!
The fresh ones that are ripened in Ecuador and then flown in are excellent, but the ones grown here that I've tasted have been marginal. However, the people growing them already knew that, but nothing was going to stop them in their fruit craziness from trying to grow it
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