hello Marilyn, I can only offer you the slightest bit of help for I do not have any of the fruit youre after, except the hylocereus. The cheapest and easiest way to get one of these is at hd or lowes. If they have the martian looking grafted cacti, the ones with the neon on top of the green stem, that is hylocerus undatus. The green part, not the neon. Cut off the neon part and voila dragon fruit. These epiphytic cacti like very loose soil with organic matter. These plants get very big before they fruit (usually) and do not like frost. Check epiforums for more info, pine island probably has better tasting varieties than this though. Good luck, Ethan

I just eat them. Put one whole in my mouth and separate the flesh from the rest without biting into the pip/seed. Not many people seem to like them. One person I gave some to tried one and gave them back saying they wouldn't ever eat those. Haven't tried juicing them.

Haven't been to this forums lately but I found this question so I thought I'd add to it, because I found so little information on them online when I was first learning about them. I'm in Central Austin in the city and I have 10 Barbados Cherry trees lining our back fence. They were planted at least 15 years ago by a previous homeowner. Some winters they have lost their leaves; in our warmer winters they've been evergreen. Right now they all have dead leaves just hanging off their branches from the freezes this month; this happened overnight, but I'm hoping they return. In case anyone's curious... these can take a very hard pruning if you want a fuller shape. They can grow quite tall - up to 15 feet - or act more like a 7-foot bushy trees. They make for a nice screen against our fence. I've been experimenting a bit but learned the hard way about pruning. Last spring they'd gotten so overgrown that I went at them with my loppers. I pruned in mid-March and shortly after we had a few frosts. One of the trees, which I pruned back very hard, had begun to put out some new leaves and branches, but the frost killed the tender growth and with it the tree. So they are probably best pruned in the summer or at least with enough time for the growth to harden before any frosts--at least in my zone. The rest of the trees survived my early pruning and were amazing all summer--full of leaves and flowers, and especially beautiful from September to November. As Janie mentioned, they have a weeping habit, which looks gorgeous against a fence. However, they did need some soaker hosing several times this summer because of the drought. I wish I knew what variety I have but they are older. In any case, I'd keep them protected until they are established. It seems like they survive quite well here in Austin. North of here they may have some trouble.

Hi there Looking for the Real Barbados cherry cuttings. Not the Surinam Cherry. Would like cutting sof Florida sweet or manoa sweet. Willing to pay. Let me know if you have any. Thanks