Introducing the Characteristics of New Orange-Fleshed Watermelon Varieties and Their Carotene Content
Do you like eating watermelon? Nowadays new open-field watermelon varietiesare becoming more and more numerous, and many different watermelons are being sold. Previously there were golden watermelons with two flesh colors, and now there is the carrot watermelon.
The carrot watermelon is called by this name because its flesh is orange in color, and the carotene contained in the watermelon flesh is as much as 20 times higher, so it is called the carrot watermelon. This variety is grown in Weifang, Shandong.
Watermelon farmer Wei Ruixiang has grown watermelons for more than 20 years, and this year, on someone's recommendation, he planted 100 mu of orange-fleshed watermelons. This type of watermelon must be pollinated by bees, so to grow this kind of watermelon you also need to keep bees for pollination; otherwise, this type of watermelon will grow differently. Besides bee pollination, it also requires cards of different colors to record the watermelon's growth dates, ensuring that when the melons are picked at 45 days, not one is unripe.
When many netizens saw such a special watermelon, they thought it was a genetically modified watermelon. Some netizens also said: “For the sake of health, it is not advisable to keep making these genetically modified things. If you want carotene, just go eat carrots; if you want to eat watermelon, just go eat watermelon. What are you making genetically modified stuff for!”
In fact, this type of watermelon is a hybrid variety of watermelon and is not harmful to the human body. Its yield is relatively high, with one mu of land producing seven to eight thousand jin of watermelons. This melon contains 20 times the carotene of ordinary melons, and in terms of price it sells for as much as 7 yuan per jin. It may become a new trend-setting watermelon variety.
Have you ever learned about this kind of carrot watermelon before? Its taste is somewhat similar to that of Hami melon, and the flesh melts in your mouth with a refreshingly sweet flavor. It is a fruit worth trying!
