White Orchid Melon, also known as Lanzhou honeydew melon, is native to the United States, usually weighing 3 to 4 pounds, its melon skin is thick, the melon's flesh is sweet, tender and juicy. In China, it was introduced from the United States into cultivation, is a specialty of Lanzhou. Bailan melon in Lanzhou after the success of trial planting, it was promoted to Gaolan Zhonghe, Shufu, Shichuan, Shidong and other villages, after more than 40 years of cultivation has become a traditional specialty of Gaolan. This kind of melon, each mu planted more than 1200 plants, plants strong, each plant to stay melon 1.

The masses will be its growth is summarized as: "four flat eight forks, forty-eight leaves a melon" (that is, each plant 4 branches of the main seedling, 8 branches of the side of the seedling, 48 leaves to stay in a melon). Melon weighs about 1.5 kilograms, sugar content is generally up to about 12%, up to 16% or so of the good, flesh thick juice, crisp and tender, eat melon sugar in the mouth, sweet and cool, full of cheeks fragrance, penetrate the heart and spleen, there is a "dew such as honey," said. The crowd said jokingly: "white orchid melon mixed with fried noodles, laugh at the death of Ga old man".

In the past, mainly in the dry sand field planting, in recent years, with the promotion of ground cover and greenhouse technology, began to use greenhouses set of small greenhouses, and then the pressure of the film planting way planting to improve the quality of melon products, early listing time, the benefits of the big increase. Now, the planting area of about 2,000 acres, mu yield of about 1,500 kilograms, the annual output of more than 3 million kilograms of melon, in addition to supplying the Lanzhou market, but also sold to more than 10 provinces and cities across the country, and entered the Hong Kong market. In particular, the Zhonghe production of large summer white orchid melon, skin white flesh green, seed cavity small, thick meat juicy, high sugar content, comparable with the melon land connected to the Lanzhou green and white stone export famous products.

Effects of white orchid melon

White orchid melon contains fiber, vitamins, carbohydrates, potassium and other nutrients, with the help of defecation, thirst, heat to remove the summer heat, the prevention of night blindness, diuretic, stomach and digestion, beauty and skin care and other functions.

White orchid melon contains vitamin C with antioxidant, ascorbic acid, etc.; vitamin A has the prevention of night blindness, to help improve vision, etc., is more suitable for indigestion, loss of appetite, heatstroke, deficiency of internal heat, hot and humid body, edema, high blood pressure patients to eat.

Difference between white orchid melon and cantaloupe

1, the difference between the flesh

White orchid melon cut flesh is white, the skin is very thin, eat the flavor of the taste is quite sweet, the texture is also exceptionally crisp. Cantaloupe cut flesh was golden yellow, thicker skin, the middle of the flesh is also very much, cantaloupe eating sweetness is very high, there is a unique flavor, the general mature cantaloupe eat up very soft and sticky.

2, the appearance of the difference

White orchid melon shape is irregular oval, the skin color is relatively white, and there is no texture, the flesh is also white, eat sweet and crisp, is the Lanzhou region's specialty fruits.

Hami melon head is larger, is a regular oval, skin and flesh color is golden yellow, skin has obvious yellow texture, is a specialty fruit of Xinjiang region.

3, varieties are not the same

Blanc melon originated in the United States, from the United States into China after the introduction of culture, the growth of China's Lanzhou region is better, known as the local specialty fruits, so it is also known as Lanzhou honeydew melon. Cantaloupe is an annual creeping or climbing herb growing out of the fruit flavor is exceptionally strong, is a specialty fruit of China's Xinjiang region, has a long history.

How to choose a good white orchid melon

Pick the same size of the white orchid melon, give preference to the lighter weight, ripe white orchid melon is generally round ball shape, slightly elastic.