cantaloupe
Cucumis melo var. Saccharinus, also known as melon, gourd, is a class of fine melon varieties, fruit round or oval, produced in Xinjiang. Sweet, fruit, to Hami produced by the most famous, so called cantaloupe. Because sweet taste, but also a kind of melon, cantaloupe is often mistaken for "melon melon". Qing Dynasty Kangxi years, Shanshan Wang Shanshan Donghu melon to give Hami Wang. Hami Wang gave the melon to Kangxi. Kangxi asked what is called, said they are sent to the Queen Hami, I do not know what the name. Kangxi will be named "melon". Qing "Xinjiang back to the minister" cloud: "Since the beginning of Kangxi, Hami sincerity, this melon began tribute, that the cantaloupe." Hami melon hi enough sun and a large temperature difference between day and night during the day can give full play to photosynthesis, and night Of the respiratory consumption of small, so high sugar content, taste very sweet. Peel surface with textured, flesh green, white, orange and other varieties, mainly produced in small rainfall, large temperature difference between day and night Xinjiang Hami, Turpan, Shanshan and other places. At present due to convenient transportation, can be exported to all over, so the production continued to increase. In Chinese, the word melon can also refer to the sun melon in the net melon ...