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Originally Posted by harveyc
... American Beauty was originally Quang Ong's selection (called Quang Ong Self Fertile, thus QOSF is in Pine Island's link) and he and I traded some cuttings in August and I'm hoping for some good things from some of his others.
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For the two years that I attended the meetings in Irvine, there were discussions about whether American Beauty (growing on the test plot) was any different from Hylocereus guatemalensis (also on the test plot). One of the collectors down here said he was the first to bring cuttings to the CRFG in San Diego from Nicaragua and all plants were simply cuttings of same. Maybe Ong grew out some seeds from a fruit -- I don't know. This is the first time I've heard the story about QOSF. One thing is for certain, the first year I went no one could differentiate between the fruits.
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Originally Posted by harveyc
It's a pretty insane thing for me to keep adding like I have. I'm up to 34 varieties.
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Ha ha. I know that problem. However, with respect to Dragon fruit I'm finally in the winnowing stage. I will continue to grow Paul Thomson's white -- mainly because he handed that cutting to me. I believe it is the best tasting of the H. undatus. But the H. guatemalensis and the H. ocamponis are far superior. The latter is too thorny for most farms and casual gardeners -- its best for us mad people who grow Kei Apple for the fruit!
