Lanzhou has a dry climate, sufficient sunshine, annual temperature difference and daily temperature difference are large, no severe cold in winter, no heat in summer, a good place for cooling off in summer. The soil in the region is a deep loess in the fourth season originating from the loess matrix, with a sandy texture, loose and deep structure, rich in calcium, zinc and other mineral nutrients. The Yellow River, which runs through the city, has created an inexhaustible source of Lanzhou's social and economic development. Thanks to the superior natural endowment, Lanzhou is rich in a variety of high-quality melons and fruits that have been well-known at home and abroad, and is known as the "City of Melons and Fruits" and "Golden City of Melons and Fruits", and "White Orchid Melon" is one of the best.
Original - sweet - white orchid melon (provided by Vegetable Institute of Gansu Academy of Agricultural Sciences)
Original - sweet - white orchid melon (provided by Gansu Academy of Agricultural Sciences Vegetable Institute)
"White melon" was once called "Wallace" and is a variety type of thick-skinned melon. This melon fruit surface is smooth, the appearance is beautiful, the melon sugar is full of mouth, the fragrance is fragrant, and it is really the best in melon. The famous literary scholar Ye Shengtao used "... The tender green flesh seems to be top quality emerald... After eating one or two pieces, I only feel sweet and cool through the heart and lungs..." And other good sentences, Zhang Siwen, a famous Confucian on the long list, once had poems such as "delicious fragrant Qin teeth" and "green and tender jade immaculate on the plate" praising the sweetness and "beauty" of "white orchid melon". "White langua" once enjoyed a high reputation in the international market and was once a beautiful "business card" in Lanzhou.
By consulting the relevant information of the National Germplasm Resource Library of the United States and combining the historical records of the time, it was determined that the honey dew germplasm "Honey Dew Green Flesh" of green flesh was imported from the United States at that time, and the melon peel was light, the fruit color was gray-green, and when the light was strong, it was slightly white. Fruit oval, individual fruit surface has small green spots, the flesh is emerald green, from sowing to maturity about 110 days, the single fruit weighs 2.36Kg, the sugar content is 15-16%, belongs to the soft meat type melon. The best time to eat after harvest is about 7-15 days.
The development and glory of the high-quality melon planting industry in Lanzhou and even gansu and other northwest regions has played an irreplaceable leading role. With the deepening of reform and opening up and the continuous progress of science and technology, Gansu's melon varieties and cultivation technology, product structure, and market environment have undergone major changes, and "white orchid melon" is no longer a monopoly and stands at the head of the tide. However, the city honor that "White Langua" has brought to Lanzhou, and the significance she once played to promote Lanzhou's social and economic development, will not be forgotten by history because of the passage of time.