Is 6.8 yuan per jin for Hami melon normal right now? Name origin and market analysis

  Original title: **Hami melon fruits "take" a chartered plane on their maiden flight to Guangdong

In the early hours of September 13, at Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport, workers unload melon cargo from the chartered plane.

⟧   San Nong Zhi Tong Che comprehensive report: On that day, 5 tons of Hami ancient jujubes and 10 tons of tribute melons produced in **Hami took a chartered plane on their maiden flight to Guangdong and arrived at Shenzhen Airport, so consumers could taste fresh **melons and fruits at the first opportunity and enjoy a "sweet" Mid-Autumn Festival.

  In July this year, the city of Hami cooperated for the first time with China Postal Airlines and **Post Company to open a dedicated air freight service for agricultural and sideline products, thereby building a three-dimensional marketing model of "online + offline, air + ground," opening an "aerial green channel" for the transport and sale of **agricultural and sideline products, and blazing a new path for enhancing the brand value of **fresh agricultural products and the ability to increase farmers' incomes. The current price is relatively expensive because they have just come onto the market, and the price is generally more than 5 yuan per jin.

Hami melon (scientific name: Cucumis melo var. saccharinus) is a variant of melon. Also known as snow melon and tribute melon, it is a class of fine melon varieties, with round or oval fruit shapes, produced in Xinjiang. It is sweet and the fruit is large; because the kind produced in Hami is the most famous, it is called Hami melon. Because it tastes sweet and also belongs to the honeydew melon group, Hami melon is often mistakenly written as "Hami melon".
In Uyghur it is called "Kuhong," derived from the Turkic "Kabo," meaning "sweet melon." Hami melon has the reputation of "king of melons," with a sugar content of about 15%. The shapes vary and the flavors are unique; some have a creamy taste, some contain lemon fragrance, but all are sweet as honey and strikingly fragrant, enjoying fame at home and abroad. Among the many Hami melon varieties, "Hongxincui" and "Huangjinlong" are the best in quality. Hami melon is not only delicious but also rich in nutrients and high in medicinal value. There are more than 180 varieties and types of Hami melon, and they are also divided into early-maturing summer melons and late-maturing winter melons. Winter melons are resistant to storage and can be kept until the spring of the following year, still tasting fresh.

  Xinhua News Agency release (photo by Li Hua)

In the early hours of September 13, workers scan Hami melons that have arrived in Shenzhen.

In the early hours of September 13, workers haul melon cargo at Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport.