What are the advantages of watermelon varieties to eat watermelon in summer?

As the saying goes, there are three treasures in summer, watermelon, wifi and air conditioning. Watermelon is our favorite fruit with smooth skin, green or yellow pattern and juicy red or yellow pulp (rare white). China is the largest producer of watermelons in the world, but there are different opinions on the origin of watermelons. There are many varieties of watermelons. Hainan Island is the main producing area in the south. Watermelons are abundant all the year round because of its unique climatic characteristics. The north takes the front line of the Yellow River as the main planting belt, the land on both sides of the Yellow River is fertile, the sandy soil is the most suitable for watermelon growth, and the melons are sweet and sandy. Up to Lanzhou, Gansu, down to Shaanxi, Hebei, Henan, Shandong. Among them, Shandong is the main watermelon producing area, mainly concentrated in Liaocheng, Dongming, Weifang, Changle, Dezhou, Surabaya and other places in western Shandong. So, what are the benefits of eating watermelon in summer?

Introduction of watermelon varieties

1. Qilin melon

Watermelon is a kind of watermelon species, which has been cultivated for scientific research. Melon seeds have very high requirements for growth environment, soil and sunshine. Since it takes only about 60 days from planting to flowering and from flowering to melon harvest, even if planting is exquisite, farmers in Wenzhou and Hainan are happy to plant because of their short cycle, good taste and quick benefits.

two。 Dali watermelon

Can be called the king of melons, rich in vitamin A, Bl, B2, C, glucose, sucrose, fructose, malic acid, glutamic acid and arginine, etc., has the effect of clearing heat and relieving heat, promoting urination, lowering blood pressure, and has a certain auxiliary effect on high fever and thirst, summer heat and sweating, nephritis, oliguria, hypertension and so on. Dali watermelon is famous for its sandy flesh, sweet taste, plenty of water and rich nutrition.

3. Four-corner watermelon

Also into a square watermelon, expensive and rare watermelon varieties, shaped like dice, is a famous specialty in Shantongsi City, Kagawa Prefecture, Japan, with a general market price of about 10, 000 to 15, 000 yen (about 8 to 1200 yuan). Four-corner watermelon is popular from all over Japan because of its special shape, and its difficult cultivation method and management mode increase its treasure.

4. Explosive melon

Produced in Dongtai City, Jiangsu Province, because the skin is thin and crisp, it gets its name when it touches the skin and explodes.

5. Early spring ruby

It is a very precocious small red flesh watermelon of the hybrid generation. it is a new variety of very precocious small hybrid watermelon introduced from Japan. The watermelon is suitable to be planted in the Yangtze River Basin and other places in China, and there are many producing areas in Shandong.

6. Black King Kong watermelon

The first generation hybrid of watermelon bred by the Institute of Horticulture, Henan Academy of Agricultural Sciences.

7. Seedless watermelon

It is triploid, and the triploid watermelon cannot form seeds because the triploid cells have synaptic disorder during meiosis. Its parents are diploid watermelon and tetraploid. Common watermelon is a diploid plant, that is, there are two sets of chromosomes (2N=22) in the body. The seedlings were treated with colchicine to make the cell chromosomes of diploid watermelon become tetraploid (4N=44). This tetraploid watermelon can blossom and bear fruit normally, and the seeds can germinate and grow normally.

8. Jingxin No.2

It is a new variety of "Jingxin No. 1", which has been approved by the state and protected by new plant varieties. This variety has the advantages of good melon setting, fast expanding melon, beautiful appearance, neat appearance, high yield and early listing under low temperature and low light. The whole growth period is 88-90 days, which is slightly stronger than that of "Jingxin 1". Round fruit with narrow green stripes and wax powder. The melon has red flesh, crisp and tender flesh, good taste, high sweetness and sugar content of more than 12%. The skin is thin and the crack resistance is much better than that of "Jingxin No. 1". Resistant to Fusarium wilt, resistant to anthracnose, single melon weighs 6-8 kg. It is suitable for early maturing cultivation in national protected field and open field.

9. Special Xiaofeng

Evergreen tufted low climbing shrubs, up to about 1.5 meters high. Born in slopes and shrubs of pine forests, young branches have spreading gray-brown dense long bristles and pubescent hairs, leaves dense, hard leathery, ovate-oblong, top obtuse, often with short tips or small convex heads, base subrounded, with a few bristles on both sides. After cutting, the flesh of the melon is red or yellow, which tastes sour and sweet and delicious. It is deeply loved by the people and is a good gift for the festival.

10. Qinghongbao watermelon

It is said that the fruit is oval, the pericarp is dark green and reticulate, with a vertical diameter of 33 cm, a transverse diameter of 23 cm, a fruit shape index of 1.46 and a pericarp thickness of 1.0 mi 1.2 cm. The pulp is red and the 1000-seed weight is 42.0 g.

11. Yellow watermelon

The texture is fine, the taste is more sandy and crisp, juicy, thin skin, high sugar, delicious than ordinary watermelons. The villagers of Nanwan Village, Chengguan Town, Fukang City, planted a lot of yellow watermelons, and many people mistook the yellow watermelons for melons. This kind of hammer watermelon with yellow skin and red flesh is a new variety in 2006. The mature yellow watermelon has a thin skin and sweet flesh and weighs up to five or six kilograms. The distinctive color makes yellow-skinned watermelons popular as soon as they are on the market, and the price per kilogram is nearly double that of ordinary watermelons.

twelve。 Zaojia 8424

This variety is the 24th group of improved varieties successfully bred by agricultural experts in Nanhui District of Shanghai in 1984. Because of its thin skin, juicy, sweet, refreshing and moderate height, it has become the "trump card" of watermelons in recent years and is deeply loved by the public. After years of seed breeding, there are more and more 8424 varieties, so it is difficult for farmers to distinguish the best varieties. Among the many varieties, [Pure 8424] is more outstanding, without later improvement, and has the original excellent characteristics such as 8424 sugar content and good taste. It is favored by growers.

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