Is any one in Florida growing Edgar's Baby and Tricia?
These two varieties seem to be mass produced and sold in many places. Probably tissue culture. I find little on Tricia, a little more on Edgar's. Any one has experience with them?
Edgar's Baby should become more available in So Cal.
Last week I toured the large
La Verne wholesale nursery again. La Verne is planning on adding Edgar's Baby as a named variety.
La Verne currently grows white flesh, pink flesh, red flesh, and a yellow megalanthus no-name varieties.
There is also "talk" of La Verne adding a Yellow Undatus variety. La Verne is the Dragon Fruit plant provider for
Lowe's and
Home Depot in the West.
Tricia, on the other hand, I don't think is massed produced. I was recently given some Tricia cuttings and can't believe how thorny (cactus like) they are. Nasty thorns!
Tricia and Edgar's Baby are both cultivars of
Edgar Valdivia.
Edgar admiring a La Verne yellow megalanthus parent plant.
P.S. Because of demand, La Verne is growing a ton of Mango trees for the So Cal masses.