The Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in Northwest China, the home of fruits and melons, abounds in numerous kinds of fruit, and is especially famous for Hami melons.Hami melon from Shanshan County of Xinjiang has a history of more than 700 years. Shanshan, located in the Turpan Basin, enjoys fertile soil, long time sunshine and great difference between day and night, which is propitious to photosynthesis and accumulation of sugar fruits and melons. Besides, the melted snow water running down from Tianshan Mountains around the basin supplies the plants with plenty of water.
Hami melons have various shapes of round, ellipse, olive, ovum, long sticks and short barrels, etc. The color of the pericarp also varies: jade-white, golden, blue, etc. Hami melon is good in taste and rich in nutrition, and has high curative value as well. It is abundant in vitamins, apple acid, sugar, calcium, phosphorus, and iron, etc. It helps improve the blood generating function of the body.
