Ji'nan times Author: Chai Yingying
under the chef's handy carving, the watermelon surface is carved into stereoscopic patterns and characters. Reporter Wang Feng photo
a round of green watermelon, in the hands of the chef, carved into a number of delicate and colorful blooming peony. In the morning of June 2nd, in 2012, the competition of watermelon and melon variety competition in Ji'nan was dazzling. Looking at a sculpture of "watermelon artwork", many of the participants were surprised.
competition is divided into two points. The first sub venue is the indoor arena, located in the Ji'nan air ecological park near the remote wall airport. Reporters in the indoor evaluation site, nearly 100 watermelon and melon filled the stadium table. Big watermelon weighs 10 jin, little watermelon is much bigger than fist, melon is also various and cute. All the contestants were put on the plate after they were numbered, waiting for experts to comment.
in the corner of the indoor arena, "watermelon sculptors" are carving all kinds of beautiful patterns on the watermelon. The chef used different lengths of cutting tools to start an operation on the watermelon. After a little bit of meticulous carving, the green skin watermelon has become a blooming peony flower, and some carved flowers have been strung together to make lanterns. These "artworks" attracted many participants.
, then, the reporter came to the outdoor stadium of the golden farmer agricultural science and Technology Park in Dongan village. Here, some boys are divided into two teams, playing the watermelon as a soccer ball, and playing a new game of "watermelon football match". Cross, shoot... The speed of the watermelon rolling is no slower than that of football. Agricultural experts told reporters that these watermelons could not be cracked even after being hit by such impacts.
experts from the Academy of Agricultural Sciences said that the evaluation process was very strict. Each race must have 3 to 5 samples of melon. Samples of melon must be carried with fresh melon seedlings and melon leaves. We should not only look at the shape of the melon, but also look at the sugar content and taste. The best watermelon is beautiful profile, thin skin without white gluten, little fiber, fine texture, and sand pulp. After the melon was cut, the participants looked forward and hoped that their melon would win the prize.
after evaluation, the melons of the Yuchun vegetable cooperatives in the alcia district have won the golden prize for the comprehensive quality of the medium watermelon. The sugar degree of the watermelon in Shanghe green garden eco agricultural development company reaches 14 degrees, very sweet, and the gold medal of the comprehensive quality of the small watermelon; the melon in Shanghe's characteristic brand base of the melon is won the melon. Gold medal for comprehensive quality.
the responsible person of the Municipal Agriculture Bureau said that these new varieties of watermelon and melon were developed by the Academy of Agricultural Sciences and promoted the increase of farmers' income. At present, 127 agricultural parks and special brand bases have been built in Ji'nan. The selected watermelon and melon are mostly "high-end routes", which are hard to see in the ordinary market, but people can pick them in watermelon and melon planting areas.