There are yellow watermelon

In appearance it is a regular striped watermelon, but inside it is bright yellow. But in addition to the unusual color of the watermelon contains very little, compared to a conventional, seeds. This watermelon was born as a result of interbreeding of wild watermelon, which is just a yellow (although there can not be), with the usual. Now round yellow watermelons grown in the summer in Spain, and oval - in the winter in Thailand. By the way, there is a yellow watermelon especially respected, because in the Thai beliefs yellow color attracts money. Watermelon This tender and juicy, although not as sweet as red.





In Russia, too, has a yellow watermelon, and they come from Astrakhan. Ten years on breeding new varieties heads the department selection melons irrigated Russian Research Institute of Vegetables and Melons, Sergei Sokolov, until finally he was able to get a variety that has called "The Moon." By the way, the Russian variety - unlike the foreign - very sweet and exotic taste, about which opinions differ: whether it is a lemon, or mango, or pumpkin.





It is said that experiments on the removal of yellow watermelon walked for a long time. For example, Ukrainian breeders are less fortunate than Russia. As a result, crossing they got a hybrid called "kavbuz", which took on the flavor of watermelon only, and the rest went into a pumpkin. It is best used for cooking porridge.

Source: blog.imhonet.ru

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