Voodoo Child Dragon Fruit

DAYS

AVERAGE

BRIX

21.6

AVERAGE

WEIGHT

0.75

Created By

Paul Thompson

Very sweet raspberry like flavor

Voodoo Child is a hybrid Dragon Fruit variety from Selenicereus Guatemalensis and another unknown species. This Dragon Fruit variety is a clone created by Paul Thomson called 8-S initially, and it was a cross using the Houghton and Rixford variety. The 8-S seedlings were later renamed Voodoo Child by a nursery in Florida. Then a few years after that, 8-S was also renamed by a grower in California Sugar Dragon. Voodoo Child and Sugar Dragon resemble one another and are very similar to their parent, Houghton.

Fruit of this variety produces a small quarter to three-quarters of a pound oval-shaped fruit. The external appearance of the fruit is red with tiny deep green, almost brown fins. The inner flesh is a bright red purplish color with a semi-firm, sweet texture. The fruit of Voodoo Child typically tests with an average brix score of 18 and can get 20 plus. This Dragon Fruit is excellent eaten fresh, in jams, as a garnish, or as juice in drinks.