In hot summer, watermelon is undoubtedly the best fruit to relieve summer heat, especially iced watermelon, which is sweet and juicy and cool to relieve summer heat. Take a bite, it's full of meat. The land that has been in the rain for a long time has ushered in showers and ushered in a sweet time. So what kinds of watermelons are there?
Little angel watermelon
The mature fruit of Angel Watermelon is oval, and the fruit type index is about 1.3. The average weight of a single melon is 1.5 kg, and the maximum weight can reach more than 3 kg.
The fruit surface is smooth, the background color is bright green, and it is covered with dark green medium-thin frame; The flesh of melon is red, crisp and tender, with more refreshing juice and less fiber. The central refractive sugar content is about 13%, and the highest is above 13.5%.
The watermelon peel of this variety is about 0.5 cm thick and does not crack. Commercial melon seeds are brown and oval, weighing about 32 grams, and the average number of single melon seeds is about 100.
Jingxiu watermelon
Jingxiu watermelon is early-maturing, the fruit development period is 26-28 days, and the whole growth period is 85-90 days. The plant has strong growth potential and the fruit is oval and beautiful. Green, with serrated narrow strips.
The average fruit weight of this variety of watermelon is 1.5-2.0 kg, and the yield is 2500-3000 kg/mu. The outline of the fruit is uniform. No holes, no white tendons; The flesh of melon is red. The meat is crisp and tender, with good taste, good flavor and few children.
Qilin watermelon
Watermelon in Wang Qilin is very early-maturing, and it matures about 28 days after flowering. The plant grows vigorously, the fruit is oval, the skin is light green, there are thick green stripes, and the appearance is beautiful.
The flesh of this variety of watermelon is bright red, crisp and juicy, and the soluble solid content is 12.9%. The skin is tough. It is not easy to be hollow, and the single fruit weighs about 5.0 kg. Disease resistance, high yield and weight tolerance.
Black beauty watermelon
Black beauty watermelon, extremely precocious, with long oval fruit, dark green skin and inconspicuous color stripes. Summer harvest has a light skin color and a very beautiful appearance, and the single fruit weighs about 2.5 kg.
This variety of watermelon has red flesh, tender and juicy meat, and the sugar content is as high as 14- 15 cm. The quality from fruit to melon tail is still stable and sweet, and the skin is thin and tough, especially resistant to storage and transportation.
Selenium sand watermelon
Ningxia selenium sand melon, named after its rich selenium, is mainly produced in Xiangshan area of Zhongwei, Ningxia, and can be eaten until the end of 10 when it is listed in July every year. During the planting period, melon farmers will spread small stones on Gua Tian, so the selenium sand melon is also called "watermelon growing in the cracks of stones".
Selenium sand melon is bigger than ordinary watermelon, generally about 20 to 30 kg. The biggest feature is high sweetness. The sugar content of melon core is as high as 18%, and even the part near the peel is very sweet. It tastes sweet and juicy, and is also rich in various trace elements. It is a high-quality melon worth tasting in summer.
Xiale watermelon
Xiale Watermelon, also known as Xiaxian Watermelon, is produced in Xiaxian County, Yuncheng City, Shanxi Province, and is listed in mid-May every year, which is in short supply. The biggest feature of Xiale Watermelon is that it is "broken with one bullet", and the melon shape is beautiful, straight and full, weighing eight or nine kilograms each.
After this kind of watermelon is cracked, it can be seen that the skin is thin and the meat is crisp and sweet. Sweet and juicy melon meat tastes crisp, with high sugar content and high water content, which makes people unable to refuse.
Sweet king watermelon
Sweet king watermelon is a very popular watermelon variety in summer, especially in the Philippines and Myanmar. Most of them are produced in Shandong, Henan, Liaoning, Shaanxi and other places in China. Because of the excellent varieties, there are no excessive requirements and restrictions on planting in the producing areas.
Sweet king watermelon is called "sweet king" because of its high sweetness, and its sugar content can reach about 14 degrees. However, the sweetness of common watermelon varieties is only about 6- 10 degrees, and the shape is short oval.
This variety of watermelon can see bright red pulp after being cut, which tastes sweet and moist, and the juice overflows, but it has a disadvantage that it is easy to have "hollow" pulp.