As long as it is properly preserved, it can be put overnight. Cut cantaloupes can only be kept for a few hours. To keep the knife clean, it is best to keep it fresh in the refrigerator. Covering with plastic wrap can prevent bacterial contamination. After cutting, put it in a fresh-keeping bag for one day, and the taste will not change obviously. But eat as soon as possible after cutting, otherwise you will lose nutrition.

Hami melon has been cultivated in Xinjiang for more than 4,000 years, which is not only the region with the longest cultivation history, the largest planting area, the richest variety resources and the best quality in China; It is also one of the resource bases of melon planting in the world. According to historical documents, as early as the second century BC, Xinjiang melon was planted in Dunhuang.

Quality characteristics of Hami melon

Hami melon is an annual creeping or climbing herb with angular stems and branches, yellow-brown or white coarse hairs and warty protrusions. Tendrils are slender, simple and puberulent. Petiole is 8-12cm long, with furrows and short bristles. Leaves are thick and papery, nearly round or kidney-shaped, all 8-15cm long and 8-15cm wide. The upper surface is rough, white and rough, the back surface is rough along veins, and the edges are unbroken or 3-7-cleft, and the lobes are round and blunt.

The shape and color of fruit vary with varieties, usually spherical or rectangular, with smooth skin, longitudinal grooves or stripes, no prickly protrusions, white, yellow or green flesh and sweet taste. Seeds are grayish white or yellowish white, ovoid or oblong, with sharp apex, blunt base, smooth surface and no edges. Summer flower and fruit period.