Watermelon origin:
One: Hainan (Hainan belongs to the subtropical climate, the agricultural and sideline products produced by the country's first! So it is easy to find watermelon in Hainan. Because of the climate even in winter there is also a watermelon supply, but this time the price of watermelon is relatively high! All product varieties are: black beauty, childless melon, new red treasure, early spring red jade, unicorn melon, special small phoenix and so on.
Two: Guangxi (Guangxi is one of China's agricultural by-products of great origin, Guangxi's watermelon is generally listed in April to the end of October! The product species are: no child melon [mostly from Beihai] black beauty [mostly from Nanning and Fuji County, etc.] new red treasure and flower melon [mostly from Guilin]
Three: Hubei [Hubei is located in the three gorges, is China's watermelon main production base. The varieties produced include: Black Beauty, New Hongbao, Flower Melon, Dongting No. 1, and Black Skin Melon.
Four: Hunan (Hunan watermelon is generally listed in early June, the product varieties are; black beauty, Dongting one, new red treasure, etc.).
5: Liaoning: (Liaoning because of climate reasons watermelon market is relatively late, but melon juice sweet big, so by everyone's favorite. All product varieties are mainly flower melon; mostly produced from the Blackwater area.
Sixth: Inner Mongolia (Inner Mongolia watermelon and Liaoning watermelon listing time is about the same, but in the varieties are mainly to: black skin melon and flower flower-based.
Extended reading: how to pick a watermelon
How to pick a watermelon:
1, watch the color and listen to the sound. Peeled melons, to be clear, dark and light; black skin melons, to be black, with a glossy skin color. No matter what kind of melon, melon tip, melon umbilical cord part of the inward concave, ("beauty melon" this feature is not obvious, as long as the tail is not particularly pointed can be). The stalk is downward and close to the skin of the melon, and the thick greenish color near the tip is a sign of maturity. Dark brown, velvet shedding, bending brittle, curled beard tip yellow withered, is not ripe on the pick of the melon; handle has dried up, is the "ayahuasca", poor quality.
The watermelon in the hand, gently flicked with the fingers to shoot, issued a "thud, thud" sound, the hand of the melon feel some trembling, is ripe watermelon; issued a "sudden, sudden" sound, the maturity of the reflection of the higher; issued a "poof, poof, poof, poof, poof, poof, poof, poof" sound, "poof, poof, poof" sound, "poof, poof, poof" sound. "Poof, poof" sound, is overripe melon; if you feel like patting a stone, issued a "tah, tah" sound is a raw melon. The ripe melon can be from above the vibration of the very good transmission to the hand of the melon, that is to say, the more the hand of the melon to feel the obvious vibration, the melon is about ripe.
2, look at the head and tail. Both ends of the proportionality, umbilical cord and deep depression of the melon tip, surrounded by full of good melon; head and tail small or head pointed tail thick, is the quality of the poorer melon.
3, than the elasticity. Melon skin is thin, with a finger pressure easy to break, is ripe melon; with a fingernail scratch will crack, melon soft, is too ripe melon.
4, with the hand. There is a sense of air, is a cooked melon; sinking feeling, is a raw melon.
5, test specific gravity. Into the water to float upward, is ripe melon; sinking is raw melon. (The bucket of water may be the businessman to wash his hands with Oh)
6, look at the size. In the same species, the big is better than the small.
7, look at the shape. Melon body neat and well-proportioned, normal growth, good quality. Melon body deformed, abnormal growth, poor quality.