American Beauty
Variety of Pitaya · Hylocereus undatus
Self-fertile beginner variety with bright magenta, juicy-sweet flesh.
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Taste & characteristics
Taste
juicysweetaromatic
Profile
- Parentage
- Hylocereus guatemalensis Selektion
- Pollination
- self-sterile – needs a pollinator variety
- Fruit weight
- 400 g
Flowering & harvest
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Description
Fruit
Large fruit with pink skin and intense magenta to deep red flesh, sweet at around 18 Brix.
Yield
Reliable high yield; important pollen donor and mother for self-sterile red types.
Notes
Self-fertile, robust and easy to grow - one of the most popular hobby varieties.
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