August 24, 2011
TribPhoto/Sue ToneThird-grader Melody Perkins eats her dragon fruit right off the outer skin at Lake Valley Elem. School.
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Jaquelyn Calderon knows why the vivid magenta-colored fruit with tiny black seeds and pineapple-like rind is called dragon fruit. "The outside looks like dragon skin," the Lake Valley Elementary School third-grader said, turning over her piece of fruit to show the bracts, or fins.
By Sue Tone
August 24, 2011