Maoxu watermelon

Maowei watermelon is a specialty of Maowei Township, Shuyang County, Suqian City, Jiangsu Province. The watermelon in Maowei is sweet and crisp, and it is not big, so it is especially suitable for three families to eat now. It can not only ensure the enjoyment of food, but also ensure that there is no food injury. "new river flowers, melons." This sentence shows that Shuwei watermelon in Shuyang has won praise from the north and south of the country for its sweet juice. People compare Maowei watermelon with Hami melon in Xinjiang. Watermelon in Maowei contains a lot of sugar and vitamin C, and its nutrition is closely related to the soil composition and special geographical location of Maowei. The township is located in the northwest of Shuyang, on a hillslope with an altitude of 5-22.8 meters, with a length of about 25 Li from east to west, just at the south foot of Anfeng Mountain in the East China Sea, forming a natural leeward and sunny barrier. The temperature difference between day and night is large, the humidity is small, and the soil contains trace elements such as phosphorus, manganese, potassium, calcium and iron, and the temperature is low at night, which greatly reduces the consumption of sugar ... These special conditions are beyond other areas. Therefore, as early as the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty, there was a saying in the areas of Shanghai, Jiangxi and Shushu that "the sweet potato in the port hall will make the teeth sweet."
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