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This will sound surprising considering I'm living all the way on the East Coast, but I do prefer the greens over the reds too. The riper ones will have more of a sugary taste (with flavor akin to sugarcane, IMO), the unripe ones do have a tendency to taste like watery cucumbers. Unfortunately the seeds are still hard, making them more for blending up than eating fresh.. Can't afford to crack a filling or two And the reds aren't as flavorful or as sugary, in my opinion. I'd love to try great selections of opuntia or cereus, but that isn't found easily here in New York (if at all!)
Quote from: nullzero on September 25, 2014, 12:06:55 AMRicshaw,That green prickly pear does not look very appealing. I have eaten a lot of prickly pears the last 5-6 years, I would say most of the store bought ones were large with a watered out flavor and hard seeds. Prickly Pears, at least the ones sold in the markets here, seem to be selected for size, durability, and then color. The red and orange flesh prickly pears are most likely healthier due to the compounds which give the prickly pears color.You really wish I could share some pads atm, I have no pads available right now. But in the next several months to a year more pads will be available.They appeal to some people. When I bought mine, a lady was buying about a dozen or more. The green ones are popular with some people. Not sure why.
Ricshaw,That green prickly pear does not look very appealing. I have eaten a lot of prickly pears the last 5-6 years, I would say most of the store bought ones were large with a watered out flavor and hard seeds. Prickly Pears, at least the ones sold in the markets here, seem to be selected for size, durability, and then color. The red and orange flesh prickly pears are most likely healthier due to the compounds which give the prickly pears color.You really wish I could share some pads atm, I have no pads available right now. But in the next several months to a year more pads will be available.
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I have yet to see the 'green ones' growing anywhere in my travels around SoCal.
By far, the best cactus fruit was from a Mammillaria sp.-- tasted exactly like intense strawberry.... beter than field ripe field picked strawberriesOpuntia ficus-indica.. at least one I have.. i prefer to any Hylocereus. I fruit C. jamacuru grown from seed and its on a par with Hylocereus.
When I was working in key west earlier this year I found a Cereus that had fruit almost the same size, the cactus was 25'x30' took up the whole lot it was in. I took a cutting from it the fruit was Fuzzy on the inside, like a ball of twine with seeds, I liked it. It got rid of my headache too.
do you mean fuzzy on the outside?
Quote from: From the sea on December 05, 2014, 07:34:14 AMWhen I was working in key west earlier this year I found a Cereus that had fruit almost the same size, the cactus was 25'x30' took up the whole lot it was in. I took a cutting from it the fruit was Fuzzy on the inside, like a ball of twine with seeds, I liked it. It got rid of my headache too.do you mean fuzzy on the outside?
Found this large tasty Cereus sp. fruit around the corner, growing on the corner next to the sidewalk of a commercial area. I will update with some photos of the mother plant by this weekend. Fruit is very large especially for Cereus sp... it rivals a lot of good dragon fruit selections in size. Taste, is very sweet sugary pear taste with lower acid, flesh texture is very unique and interesting. I had two others taste the fruit, they all seemed to like it a good amount. The texture is like a fluffy pear with a unique crunch and a some lower moisture content.Production was lighter, but I saw about +20 large fruits on the plant this year. Considering there is not much pollinators around the area, and the area is part sun. I have some seeds drying now btw.
Today at Edgar Valdivia's Dragon Fruit tasting and garden tour, he had me taste the little dried fruit hanging on a columnar cactus he calls "cactus raisin".The dried fruit taste just like a "raisin"!I lucked out... he gave me a cutting. My guess it is Myrtillocactus. Edgar said he got it from a collector in Santa Barbara.
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I have a Peruvian apple cactus that tastes great and is quite a grand sight when flowering.Welcome to pick up cuttings if local.
I would be interested in cuttings, I am in LA coastal area. Welcome to the forums.