Yubari King
Lua error in Module:Infobox at line 235: malformed pattern (missing ']'). The Yubari King (夕張メロン Yūbari Meron?, Yūbari melon) is a cantaloupe cultivar farmed in greenhouses in Yūbari, Hokkaido, a small town close to Sapporo.
The Yubari King is a hybrid of two other cantaloupe cultivars: Earl's Favourite and Burpee's "Spicy" Cantaloupe.[citation needed] The hybrid's scientific name is Cucumis melo L. var. reticulatus Naud. cv. Yubari King.
Some Japanese people present Yubari King melons as gifts during Chūgen. A top-grade melon is to be perfectly round and have an exceptionally smooth rind. A portion of the stem, which is snipped with scissors, is left on top for aesthetic appeal.[1]
At a Japanese auction in 2008, two Yubari King melons sold together for ¥2.5 million.[2] In 2016, a supermarket in Amagasaki bought a pair of Yubari King melons at auction with a winning bid of ¥3 million.[3][4]
See also
References
<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />
Cite error: Invalid <references> tag; parameter "group" is allowed only.
<references />, or <references group="..." />External links
Further reading
- Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
| Benincasa |
|
||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citrullus |
|
||||||
| Cucumis |
|
||||||
| Momordica |
|
||||||
| Other species | |||||||
| See also | |||||||
