What Are the Common Watermelon Varieties? Introducing the Characteristics of Shengli, 8424, Taishan and Shiguang

If you love eating watermelon, how many watermelon varieties do you know? Would you like to learn about them? Below is an introduction to several common coffee varieties on the market today.

Shengli variety name: Winner

Origin: a fixed line from Meinong Township, Kaohsiung County, originally named Dadai.

Fruit characteristics: long oval; rind dark green and slightly rough, about 2 cm thick; flesh red; excellent storage quality; seeds long oval and brown, about 40 grams per thousand seeds, about 650-750 seeds, average sugar content about 13 Brix, average weight about 15-21 kg.

“8424” watermelon variety
“8424” was bred in 1984 by the Institute of Horticultural Crops of the Xinjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences and the Xinjiang Institute of Grape and Melon Research, and was later introduced by Shanghai agricultural authorities and successfully planted in Nanhui, becoming the famous “Nanhui 8424” watermelon in the 1990s. This variety has medium vigor and good fruit set; the fruit is round, with dark green stripes over a green rind, attractive in appearance; the flesh is red, crisp and good-tasting, with a center sugar content of 11-12%. A single fruit weighs 3-4 kg and stores and ships well; it suits all regions and is extremely well suited to cultivation in the Yangtze River basin. At present, it is planted on a large scale in Hainan, Jiangsu, Anhui and Zhejiang.

Taishan variety name: Jumbo

Origin: bred in 1972 by Known-You Seed Co., originally named Taishan.

Fruit characteristics: long oval; rind light green and smooth, about 1.15 cm thick; flesh pink; good storage quality; seeds oval and brown, 45.8 grams per thousand seeds, about 707 seeds, sugar content 11.5 Brix, average fruit weight about 10 kg, maximum about 15 kg.

Shiguang variety name: Rock Kon

Origin: bred in 1978 by Wonnong Seed Co., originally named Shiguang.

Fruit characteristics: long oval; rind dark green and smooth, about 2 cm thick; flesh red; good storage quality; seeds long oval and dark brown, about 33 grams per thousand seeds, about 600-700 seeds, average sugar content about 12 Brix, average weight about 15-17 kg.