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Watermelon is a sweet, commonly consumed fruit of summer, usually as fresh slices, diced in mixed fruit salads, or as juice. [53] [54] Watermelon juice can be blended with other fruit juices or made into wine. [55] The seeds have a nutty flavor and can be dried and roasted, or ground into flour. [9]
Rank Country/Region Fruit production (tonnes) 1 People's Republic of China 242,793,824 2 India 105,971,127 3 Brazil 39,758,842 4 Turkey 24,153,128 5 Mexico 23,837,562
The oriental melon (Cucumis melo Makuwa Group) is a group of Cucumis melo cultivars that are produced in East Asia. [1] [2] Phylogenetic studies tracing the genetic lineage of the plant suggest that it may have originated in eastern India, having then spread to China over the Silk Road, from which it was introduced to Korea and Japan.
Fruit carving is the art of carving fruit, a very common technique in Asia and Europe countries, and particularly popular in Thailand, China and Japan. There are many fruits that can be used in this process; the most popular one that artists use are watermelons, apples, strawberries, pineapples, and cantaloupes.
The first watermelons weren't sweet and some were grown for their seeds, which is the opposite of the sweet, mostly seedless fruit we have today. Today's watermelon is the product of years and ...
China has a large livestock population, with pigs and fowls being the most common. China's pig population and pork production mainly lie along the Yangtze River. In 2011, Sichuan province had 51 million pigs (11% of China's total supply). [33] In rural western China, sheep, goats, and camels are raised by nomadic herders. [34]
China: Fuzzy kiwifruit: Actinidia deliciosa [14] Cuba: Mamey: Pouteria sapota [15] Denmark: Strawberries: Fragaria vesca [citation needed] Egypt: Banana: Musa acuminata, Musa balbisiana, or Musa paradisiaca [citation needed] France: Pear: Pyrus communis [citation needed] Germany: Apple: Malus domestica [16] Greece: Olive: Olea [17] Haiti: Mango ...
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