Dragon fruit now available in Taiwan during winter

The improvements are the results of efforts by the government-run agricultural research station in Taichung, which has been growing the fruit using artificial lighting at night to make out-of-season harvests possible.

Dragon fruit grown in winter in this way are large and have a high sugar content, the station said.

Lower winter temperatures result in a longer growth period, which, coupled with bigger day and night temperature fluctuations, enable the fruit to better accumulate nutrients, according to the research station.

Around 40 percent of the fiber-rich fruit with anti-oxidant benefits grown in Taiwan is produced in Central Taiwan, the station said.

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