Name: Halleys Comet Dragon Fruit STARTER
Brand: Paul Thompson
SKU: halleys-comet

Delicate sweetness very refreshing with a distinct Grape/Watermelon

Halleys Comet Dragon Fruit is a hybrid variety that comes from Selenicereus Undatus and Selenicereus Guatemalensis. The incredibly large fruit is slightly more rounded than the Physical Graffiti, and the fins are more abbreviated. In all other respects they are nearly identical.

Produces Pink-fleshed fruit with excellent flavor, closely related to Physical Graffiti, but not as vigorous or productive.

Origin: Paul Thomson, San Diego, CA early 1980's.
Fruit: round; large, 482 g; flesh hot pink, seeds small; rind bright red, relatively thin, with an intermediate number of bracts; quality very good; 16.7 Brix; rated high in sensory evaluations; 38 days from bloom to harvest in Southern California; harvest July through December.
Plant: stems intermediate in thickness, with 3 well defined ridges; stems relatively straight when mature, dark green; areoles have 1-3 spines, 2-4 mm long; segment between areoles convex, 53.6 mm long; flowers intermediate, petals white, calyx yellowish green, anthers and stigma lobes yellow.
Tolerance to cold and heat good; grows well in full sun; commercial potential good.

Fruits have a pink outside with green abbreviated fins and purple flesh inside that typically weigh 1.0 to 2.0 pounds. The flesh is sweet with an average brix of 16. The flower blooms are over 13 inches across and it blooms all summer.

Its vibrant pink exterior is adorned with elegant green fins, revealing a succulent purple flesh that weighs 1.0 to 2.0 pounds. Indulge in the delicate sweetness of its flesh, with an average brix of 16.

Halleys Comet Dragon Fruit STARTER

Delicate sweetness very refreshing with a distinct Grape/Watermelon

Halleys Comet Dragon Fruit Taste Test

Halleys Comet Dragon Fruit Taste Test

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