The present investigation was conducted on dragon fruit (Hylocereus costaricensis [F.A.C. Weber] Britton & Rose) at the premises of the Faculty of Horticulture, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Mohanpur, Nadia, West Bengal, India during the years 2017-2019 comprising seven treatments viz. retention of 30 (T₁), 50 (T₂), 70 (T₃), 90 (T₄) and 110 (T₅) number of downward hanging primary cladodes, the retention of only upright cladodes (T₆) and control (T₇). Randomized Block Design was used in the experiment along with four replications. The lowest yield of 5.96 kg/pillar was observed with retention of only upright cladodes. As the total yield per pillar was the highest (10.01 kg) [Table 7] with the retention of 50 (fifty) primary downward hanging cladodes with average fruit weight ranged from 245.30 to 257.18 g (Table 6), it can be recommended as better treatment over the others.