Cactus might seem like an intimidating snack with its sharp spines, but both cactus fruit and the cactus plant itself are ...

A staple throughout the Southwest, this desert fruit adds flavor and color to cocktails, salads, salsas, desserts, and more.

Opuntia, the prickly pear cactus, ... Prickly pear cactus: How to harvest fruit without getting poked. By Jeff Spurrier . Sept. 11, 2012 8:57 AM PT . Share via Close extra sharing options.

Imagine a cactus that grows rapidly in ordinary garden soil and whose luscious fruit sells at the supermarket for $4.99 per pound. Would you want to try to grow that cactus?

Some cactus fruit must be eaten with caution BOB MORRIS July 23, 2012 - 11:20 pm Question: I would love to plant op-a-la-ah (not sure of spelling) cactus, the kind that looks like ...

The cactus pear is the Rodney Dangerfield of the fruit world, beloved by immigrants from parts of Latin America and the Mediterranean basin but largely ignored by most consumers in the United States.

The fruit may look like exotic, but you can grow it in a typical South Florida garden. While you may not initially equate “cactus” with “edible,” the dragon fruit, also known as pitaya, is ...

The fruit of the Opuntia Ficus-Indica might be better known as a prickly pear or tunas in Spanish, but Claudia Villalobos, a sales specialist with the farm, prefers cactus pears. The name sounds less ...

It was both my introduction to cactus fruit and began a life-long passion for archaeology. Heat brings out the ripe cactus fruit and sweet, soft tunas. Virtually all prickly pears that flower well ...

Cactus plants: In my mind’s eye, I see them as globular or columnar, living in deserts and firmly set in the ground. But with more than 2,000 species in the Americas, it’s not surprising there ...