H. undatus (Seoul Kitchen)

Scientific Name: 
H. undatus

Common Name: 
Seoul Kitchen

• White-fleshed, pinkish-red skinned with large fruit of marginal quality; vigorous, strong and prolific bloomer with longer fruiting season than other white-fleshed cultivars. 
• Origin: Florida, similar to George.
• Fruit: round; large, 518 g; flesh firm, white; skin thick, pinkish red, with numerous short, compact bracts; quality marginal; 12.18 Brix; 41 days from bloom to harvest in Southern California; harvest mid-July to December.  
• Plant: stems thick and short, mature stems grayish green, with a striped pattern that resembles zebra stripes; stems have clusters of spines arranged in a circular pattern, 4-6 spines per cluster, 3-7 mm long; flowers long and narrow, tubular, petals white, calyx light green, anthers light yellow, stigma lobes lime green. 
• Tolerance to cold and heat higher than average; usually grows well in full sun; limited potential for commercial production, but valuable as a pollinizer.