Guagua is a variety of watermelon. Its fruit is small, and it is often opened by hand when eating. The melon seeds are relatively large, shaped like watermelon seeds, with black edges on both sides and yellow and white in the middle. Most of them can be made into melon seeds to eat.

The reason why it is called melon-breaking is that it is called melon-breaking because the fruit of this plant is often opened by hand when eating.

Lanzhou seed melon, also known as "playing melon", is named because it is eaten by punching and contains a lot of seeds. Its melon is round, the skin is smooth, light green, with dark green stripes, and the inside of the melon is white or yellowish, which is sweet.

Seed melons are mainly produced in Lanzhou and Minqin, Gulang and Yongchang counties in Hexi, Ta 'e Basin in Tacheng area of Xinjiang, Northeast and East Inner Mongolia (Aohan Banner, Kailu County and Onniute Banner in Chifeng City), susong county in Anhui, and Hebei (Wen 'an County).

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Other types of watermelon

1, little angel watermelon

Mature fruit is oval, and the fruit type index is about 1.3. The average weight of single melon 1.5 kg, and the maximum can reach more than 3 kg. Smooth fruit surface, bright green background, covered with dark green medium and fine rack; 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 pericarp is about 0.5 cm thick and does not crack.

2, spring thunder watermelon

The fruit is oval with fruit shape index 1.25. The pericarp is thin and tough, with a thickness of only 0.6 cm, and the fruit surface has a green background color with evenly distributed dark green pinstripes. The band gap is wide and there are few speckles. The surface is shiny and beautiful. Brilliant red. The taste is sweet and smooth, not hollow, not inverted, and the cellulose content is less, the soluble solid content is more than 13.9%, the gradient of lining degree between middle and edge is small, the edible rate is high and the quality is good.

3. Jingxiu Watermelon

Early maturity, fruit development period of 26-28 days, the whole growth period of 85-90 days. The plant has strong growth potential, the fruit is oval, beautiful and green, with narrow zigzag strips. The average fruit weight1.5-2.0 kg, and the yield is 2500-3000 kg/mu. The cross section of the fruit is uniform, without hollowness and white tendons; The flesh is red. The meat is crisp and tender, with good taste, good flavor and few children.

4. Kirin King Watermelon

Very early maturity, about 28 days after flowering. The plant grows vigorously, the fruit is oval, and the skin is light green with thick green flower stripes, which has a beautiful appearance. The flesh is bright red, with little crisp fiber and juicy, and contains soluble solids 12.9%. The peel is tough and not easy to be hollow, and the weight of a single fruit is about 5.0 kg. Disease resistance, high yield and continuous cropping resistance. ?

5. Red Tiger Watermelon

It is the latest imported medium-fruit watermelon variety from abroad. Honghu watermelon varieties are very early-maturing, and the whole growth period is 75-80 days in spring and 55-58 days in autumn. Easy to set fruit, strong growth, cold and heat resistance. It can be cultivated in spring and autumn, with stable performance, oval fruit, tiger skin, red flesh and few children, thin and hard skin, super sweet and crisp, and strong disease resistance. The weight of a single melon is 3 ~ 5 kg.

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