Watermelon: Watermelon is the most common in summer. Watermelon is preferred with smooth skin, clear and obvious patterns, symmetrical ends and full surroundings. In addition to the appearance, you can also observe the melon handle, and the watermelon with green melon handle is more ripe; Cut the handle horizontally, the middle part is white, and the larger the white range, the more mature it is. The most commonly used method is to play melons with your fingers, and melons with dull sounds are more ripe.
Hami melon: Hami melon should choose melons with dense and uniform lines, and the color of mature melon lines is usually gray or light yellow; The more yellow the root of cantaloupe is, the more mature it is, but pay attention to whether there is obvious depression or rot in the epidermis. Cantaloupe is oval, try to choose cantaloupe with round body and fresh and moist handle.
Netted melon: People often confuse netted melon with Hami melon. Hami melon is generally ellipsoid, while netted melon is spherical. The clearer the lines, the more prominent the reticulation and the stronger the three-dimensional sense, the better the maturity. In addition, when you look at the melon obliquely to the light, it is the ripe melon with bright lines.
Melon: The top of ripe melon can smell a strong sweet smell, while the smell of raw melon is weak. There are two kinds of common cantaloupes: yellow skin and white skin. Generally, the yellower the skin color, the higher the maturity, and the waxy yellow is the best. White melon is better than milky white. Mature melon fruit hair will naturally fall off and have a good luster.
Crotalon honeydew melon: Crotalon honeydew melon is named after its shape like a crotalon, and its taste is similar to that of cantaloupe. One end with a pedicel is slightly thinner and the other end is slightly thicker, but the whole melon is relatively symmetrical. Don't choose a melon with a particularly large belly when choosing a melon. Mature croissant honeydew melon is gray-white, with smooth surface and yellow lines, which is softer when gently pressed. Immature melons are gray-green, dark in color, and have a layer of fine fluff on the surface.
Papaya: There are many spots on the surface of mature papaya, which is yellowish in color and not very soft to the touch; Melon belly has more pulp; The pedicel of fresh papaya can squeeze out liquid like milk. Cooked papaya with light hand feel is sweeter. If you want to use papaya to make soup, you can choose immature papaya with smooth skin, bright cyan and no spots.
White melon: White melon is also called "Lanzhou honeydew melon". Mature white melon is generally spherical, uniform, yellow in white, smooth and delicate, and slightly elastic. When selecting melons of the same size, the lighter ones are preferred.