pithaya

• “The bird arrives from its migration to southern latitudes when the pithaya is in bloom, and the Indians think that it comes to see whether there will be much fruit; then it flies off again to the coast, to return in June, when the fruit is ripe.”

  Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) A Record of Five Years' Exploration Among the Tribes of the Western Sierra Madre; In the Tierra Caliente of Tepic and Jalisco; and Among the Tarascos of Michoacan

• “It is a sight to see men, women, and children start out gaily at daybreak, armed with slender sticks, climbing rugged heights with grace and agility, to get the pithaya, which tastes better when plucked at dawn, fresh and cool, than when gathered during the heat of the day.”

  Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) A Record of Five Years' Exploration Among the Tribes of the Western Sierra Madre; In the Tierra Caliente of Tepic and Jalisco; and Among the Tarascos of Michoacan

• “With the Indians, the pithaya enters, of course, into religion, and the beautiful macaw (guacamaya), which revels in the fruit, is associated with it in their beliefs.”

  Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) A Record of Five Years' Exploration Among the Tribes of the Western Sierra Madre; In the Tierra Caliente of Tepic and Jalisco; and Among the Tarascos of Michoacan

• “The country looked scorched, except for the evergreen cacti, the most prominent of which was the towering pithaya.”

  Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) A Record of Five Years' Exploration Among the Tribes of the Western Sierra Madre; In the Tierra Caliente of Tepic and Jalisco; and Among the Tarascos of Michoacan

• “Mexicans also appreciate the pithaya, and servants frequently abscond at that time, in order to get the fruit.”

  Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) A Record of Five Years' Exploration Among the Tribes of the Western Sierra Madre; In the Tierra Caliente of Tepic and Jalisco; and Among the Tarascos of Michoacan

• “A fine, grand-looking old church, in Moorish style, a large churchyard surrounding it, and the usual big buildings connected with the churches of Spanish times, make all extraordinary impression among the pithaya-covered hills.”

  Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) A Record of Five Years' Exploration Among the Tribes of the Western Sierra Madre; In the Tierra Caliente of Tepic and Jalisco; and Among the Tarascos of Michoacan

• “El señor José Armengol López Pavón, tiene la edad de 37 años de edad, es casado, con sus 3 hijos adolecentes habitan en el populoso barrio Medardo Andino, su esposa se dedica a la agricultura, sus hijos apoyan a sus padres en los trabajos del hogar y la finca, tienen 11 años e dedicarse a la siembra de los cultivos de pithaya.”

  Kiva Loans

• “Loan Use: to buy supplies and materials for growing pithaya (cactus fruit)”

  Kiva Loans

• “For 11 years they have been dedicated to the cultivation of pithaya (fruit of a variety of cactus, also known as dragon fruit).”

  Kiva Loans

• “I've never seen a pithaya with a white center like that, though - it's usually pink.”

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