Funing watermelon

Funing watermelon is a specialty of Funing County, Yancheng City, Jiangsu Province. Funing watermelon has won the favor of consumers because of its good taste, less fiber, sufficient moisture and high sweetness. Funing watermelon is a national product protected by geographical indications of agricultural products. Funing is a national first-class ecological demonstration area and a national base county for standardized production of green food raw materials, which provides a unique environmental foundation for the development of green watermelon industry. In recent years, the county has introduced more than 10 varieties of high-quality watermelons from Japan and Taiwan Province, and comprehensively implemented pollution-free cultivation of high-quality watermelons. In Funing County, where watermelons did not grow originally, the planting area of watermelons has rapidly increased to 17,000 mu in the past two years, and the scale base has reached 21. "Xiangyu brand" watermelon in Funing is mainly planted with high-quality watermelon varieties at home and abroad, such as early spring Hongyu, Xiaolan, Huilan and Xin Jing. With good taste, less fiber, sufficient moisture and high sweetness, it has won the favor of consumers and sold well in Shanghai, Suzhou, Wuxi and Changzhou. In 2014, the "Funing Watermelon" declared by Funing County Vegetable Association passed the examination and expert review by the Agricultural Products Quality and Safety Center of the Ministry of Agriculture, and implemented the registration and protection of national agricultural products geographical indications. The geographical protection scope of the origin of watermelon in Funing County: all areas of Lupu Town, Banhu Town, Donggou Town, Guhe Town and Luoqiao Town in Funing County and parts of Yilin Town, Yangzhai Town, chenji Town and Xingou Town, with a total of 186 villages. Geographical coordinates are 119 27 ′ 10 ″ east longitude ~ 119 42 ′ 52 ″ north latitude ~ 33 30 ′ 17 ″ 33 51 ′ 03 ″. Funing watermelon is a geographical indication product of agricultural products.
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