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Melon is an agricultural crop known in ancient Babylon. In our country, as well as in Europe, it was transferred at the beginning of the new era by the ancient Greeks and Romans. Melon is a heat-loving and light-loving plant with large and tasty fruits.
The average weight of a melon is from 500 g to 12 kg per piece. Ripe melons contain glucose, fructose and sucrose. Melon has the ability to remove harmful substances from the intestines and remove them from the body. The fruit is rich in many vitamins. Several varieties of melon are known in Bulgaria:
Vidin Koravtsi - The melon of this variety resembles an ellipse and weighs about 5-6 kilograms. The surface of the fruit of this variety is light chocolate with cracks similar to a net. The peel of the fruit is thin, but on the other hand, the flesh is thick, so the melon of this variety is very hard to the touch.
According to the color of the fleshy part of the fruit, melons of this variety can be divided into two types - whitish and orange. This variety is moderately early - it ripens about a week after the Dabnishki ranni variety. This variety yields two tons of fruit per acre, if maintained regularly and withstands long transport.
Honeydew - Melon of this variety is in the shape of a sphere and weighs about 2-3 kilograms. The surface of the fruit is smooth or only in some places there are furrows. The color is pale green with a yellow tinge and no patterns. The stalk of this variety of melon is firmly attached to the fruit. Their bark is very thick and hard. Melons of this variety can withstand transport and storage. The flesh of the fruit is pale green. When the fruit is torn off, the flesh is unpleasant in taste and green in color. After standing for a few days, however, it becomes watery, with a pleasant taste, very sweet and odorless.
Cantaloupe - This variety of melon, also called maskmelan, has a bright orange color inside. Melons of this variety contain the most beta carotene. This variety of melon can be found all year round in stores and markets.
Persian melon - This type of melon is very similar to the previous variety, but its fruit is much larger, and the outside of the bark is surrounded as something resembling a fine net. Melons of this variety can be found most abundantly in August and September.
Santa Claus - Melons of this species are also called Christmas melons, because you can find it most often in December. The fruits of this species look like watermelon and have green and gold stripes on them, but on the other hand it is not as sweet as other melons.
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