The specialty of Hami area in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.

the Turpan-Hami basin, located in the east of Xinjiang, is distributed in the east-west direction, facing the Tarim basin and Junggar basin in the north and south, and surrounded by mountains, which is a typical continental arid climate.

due to the influence of the mountains in the northwest, the humid airflow is blocked from going south, resulting in extreme dryness, little rain, large evaporation, extremely hot in summer, severe cold in winter, large temperature difference between day and night, long illumination time, good atmospheric transparency, effective accumulated temperature over 4℃, annual precipitation less than 4mm and evaporation over 3mm, which is very beneficial to the growth and development of melons and sugar accumulation.

variety classification

Hami melon can be divided into two types: reticulated skin and smooth skin. According to the maturity, it is divided into early-maturing melon, summer melon (middle maturity) and wax gourd (late maturity). Different varieties of melons have different shapes, colors and dermatoglyphics. Common fine varieties are crisp red hearts and sweet black eyebrows (melon skin has dark stripes such as beautiful eyebrows, so it is called black eyebrows; "Honey is extremely sweet", which means flowered skirt in Uighur), battery red, iron sheet, green hemp skin, reticulated fragrant pear, Hami Jiageda, small green husk and white husk.

There are more than 18 varieties of cantaloupe, which are oval, oval, spindle, long rod and so on. Different sizes, ranging from 1 kg to 15-2 kg; There are two kinds of pericarp: reticulate and smooth; The color is green, yellow and white, the flesh is white, green and orange, the meat is crisp, crisp and soft, and the flavor is mellow, fragrant and fruity. There are more than 5 rare varieties.

Xizhou honey: light hemp green, greenway, fine and complete mesh, orange pulp, fine and crisp meat, good flavor, sugar content of 2%, the best in Xinjiang.