In the hot summer, watermelon is undoubtedly the best summer fruit, especially the chilled watermelon, sweet and juicy, cold to cool off, take a bite, full of flesh mixed with sweet juice, like a long dry land ushered in a ganlin, sweet and nourishing pain. If you want to eat a good melon, you must first learn to choose a good watermelon.
For the "melon picking master" who often buys melons, through "one look, two touches, three knocks", a few simple clicks can know how the quality of watermelon is, whether it is mature, how sweet it is, but the main factor affecting whether watermelon is delicious or not is actually the variety of watermelon, not how to choose watermelon, watermelon as long as it is a mature good variety, almost all of them are sweet and juicy good melons, share with everyone the 6 high-quality varieties of watermelon in China, you can buy it casually, do not have to choose hard.
1. Black Beauty
Black beauty watermelon is a common watermelon variety, which is planted in many places in China, including Yinchuan in Ningxia, Nanning in Guangxi, Wanning in Hainan, Weinan in Shaanxi and Fujian. The shape of the black beauty watermelon is oval, the melon skin is dark green close to black, the skin is thin and red, the flesh is thick, the sweetness is much higher than the general watermelon, so the bite is sweet and juicy, it is very refreshing, but the price is a few cents more expensive than the general watermelon, fortunately, the size of the black beauty watermelon is not very large, generally about 2.5-3.5 kg, one down more than twenty dollars, very suitable for a family to eat a day.
2. Hainan Unicorn melon
Hainan unicorn melon is the leader of many watermelon varieties, the ripening time is earlier than the general watermelon, every April has been listed one after another, the appearance of the unicorn melon is round, the surface of the green stripe is relatively light, a knife cut to hear the "tearing" sound, watermelon will naturally crack, the skin is very crisp, the flesh is bright red and dense, will hear the cracked sound, melon seeds are fewer, the sweetness is higher, belongs to the watermelon in the top product, favored by consumers.
3. Ningxia selenium squash
Ningxia selenium squash is named for being rich in selenium elements, mainly produced in Ningxia Zhongwei Xiangshan area, every July market has been able to eat until late October, in the planting period melon farmers will be in the melon field will be laid with small stones, so selenium squash is also known as "watermelon grown in the stone seam", selenium squash is larger than the general watermelon, usually about 20 to 30 pounds, the biggest feature is high sweetness, melon heart sugar content of up to 18%, even the part close to the melon peel is very sweet, eat sweet and juicy, but also rich in a variety of trace elements, It is a high-quality melon worth tasting in summer.
4. Shanxi Xiale watermelon
Xia Le watermelon is also known as Xia County watermelon, produced in Shanxi Yuncheng Xia County, every year in mid-May listing in short supply, the biggest feature of Xia Le watermelon is "a bullet on the broken", melon shape beautiful and full, each eight or nine pounds, watermelon cracking can see the skin thin sand, taste a bite of melon meat crisp and sweet and fragrant, sweet and juicy melon meat can be heard crunchy sound, high sugar, large moisture, crisp sand, the taste is so good that people can not refuse.
5. Morning 8424 watermelon
Early Morning 8424 watermelon is a high-quality watermelon variety cultivated by Shanghai agricultural experts, which is the 24th group of varieties cultivated in 1984, so it is named 8424. 8424 watermelon belongs to the early ripening melon, from flowering to fruit only about 28 days, the yield is higher, 8424 watermelon shape is similar to the unicorn melon, but the 8424 watermelon is relatively larger, the sweetness is moderate, the melon heart sugar degree is about 11-12 degrees, lightly everything will "click" a crack, the skin is thin and juicy, the melon meat is sweet and refreshing, and it is a better watermelon variety sold on the market now.
6. Sweet King Watermelon
Sweet King watermelon is a more popular watermelon variety in summer, foreign to the Philippines, Myanmar and other places are better, most of the domestic production in Shandong, Henan, Liaoning, Shaanxi and other places, due to the excellent variety, the origin of planting without too many requirements, restrictions. Sweet King watermelon is called "Sweet King" with high sweetness, sugar can reach about 14 degrees, while ordinary watermelon varieties are only about 6-10 degrees sweet, the shape is short oval, after cutting can see the big red, eat sweet and moist, juice overflowing, but there is a disadvantage is easy to appear "hollow" melon.
——Lao Jing said——
Buy watermelon instead of listening to the sound, looking at the guati, the texture, it is better to choose a good variety of watermelon, as long as the high-quality variety grows mature, there is no need to choose, just need to choose the right size to buy home. There will be some hybrid varieties on the market that sell cheaper, such as the common black beauty watermelon with grain, but in fact, the taste is not very good, not sweet and sandy, even if it is cheap, it is a waste to buy home.
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