Funing Watermelon [Jiangsu Funing Specialty]

What is Funing watermelon? Authentic Jiangsu Funing Specialty: Funing Watermelon

Summary:Do you want to know what Funing Watermelon is? This article is a detailed introduction to the special product of Funing, Jiangsu Province - Funing Watermelon. It was compiled and edited by the editorial team of China Specialty Network after reviewing and collecting relevant information on Funing Watermelon. The full text takes about 7 minutes to read, mainly including the basic introduction of Funing Watermelon and the product characteristics of Funing Watermelon? How did the history of Funing watermelon come about? The awards and honors of Funing Watermelon

Basic introduction of Funing watermelon

Funing watermelon is a specialty of Funing County, Yancheng City, Jiangsu Province. Funing is a national first-class ecological demonstration zone and a county with standardized production base for green food raw materials, providing a unique environmental foundation for the development of the green watermelon industry. In recent years, the county has introduced more than 10 high-quality watermelon varieties from Japan, Taiwan and other places, and fully implemented pollution-free cultivation of high-quality watermelons. Funing County, which originally did not grow watermelons, has rapidly increased its watermelon planting area to 17000 acres in the past two years, with 21 large-scale bases

Regional Scope

Funing County is under the jurisdiction of Yancheng City, Jiangsu Province. Funing Watermelon "is produced in the Huangpan alluvial plain area of Funing County, with geographical coordinates of 119 ° 27 ′ 10 ″ E to 119 ° 42 ′ 52 ″ E and 33 ° 30 ′ 17 ″ N to 33 ° 51 ′ 3 ″ N. The actual planting area is about 5333.3 hectares, with a protected area of 54487.3 hectares, including all areas of Lupu Town, Banhu Town, Donggou Town, Guhe Town, and Luoqiao Town in Funing County, as well as some areas of Yilin Town, Yangzhai Town, Chenji Town, and Xingou Town, totaling 186 villages

1. External senses: "Funing Watermelon", an extremely early maturing cultivated variety with a single melon weight of 1.5-2 kilograms, oval fruit shape, flower skin, and clear stripes; Early maturing cultivated varieties have a single fruit weighing 5-7 kilograms. The fruit is round in shape, with flower skin, clear stripes, and fresh color

2. Intrinsic quality: "Funing Watermelon", an extremely early maturing cultivated variety with a fruit center sugar content greater than 11g/100g, bright red flesh, skin thickness of 0.4-0.5cm, and crispy, tender, and refreshing flesh; Early maturing cultivated varieties have fruit centers with a sugar content of 11.5g/100g or more, light red flesh, skin thickness of less than 1 centimeter, bright and uniform color, and juicy and crispy texture

3. Safety requirements: The quality of "Funing Watermelon" products meets the quality standards of "Pollution free Food Sweet Melon" (NY 5109-2005)

Awards and honors of Funing watermelon

Passed green food certification in 2009 and was recognized as a geographical indication product of agricultural products by the Ministry of Agriculture of China in 2014.. In 2016, Funing was awarded the title of "Hometown of Watermelons in China" through certification by the Watermelon Expert Group of the Chinese Horticultural Society