Yubari King
| Cucumis melo'Yubari King' | |
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 Section of a fresh Yūbari King melon | |
| Genus | Cucumis |
| Species | C. melo |
| Hybrid parentage | Cucumis melo Earl's Favourite × Burpee's "Spicy" Cantaloupe |
| Cultivar | 'Yubari King?' |
| Origin | Yūbari,Hokkaidō,Japan |
TheYubari King(Tịch trương メロン,Yūbari Meron,Yūbari melon)is acantaloupecultivarfarmed ingreenhousesinYūbari, Hokkaido,a small city close toSapporo.[1]
The Yubari King is ahybridof two other cantaloupe cultivars: Earl's Favourite andBurpee's "Spicy" Cantaloupe.[2]The hybrid'sscientific nameisCucumis meloL. var.reticulatusNaud. cv. Yubari King.
A top-grade melon is to be perfectly round and have an exceptionally smoothrind.A portion of the stem, which is snipped with scissors, is left on top for aesthetic appeal.[3]Some Japanese people present Yubari King melons as gifts duringChūgen(Trung nguyên).[4]
At a Japanese auction in 2008, two Yubari King melons sold together for¥2.5million.[5]In 2016, Konishi Seika, a fruit and vegetable market inAmagasaki,bought a pair of Yubari King melons at auction with a winning bid of ¥3million.[6][7][8]In 2019 Tokyo-based Pokka Sapporo Food & Beverage Ltd bought a pair of Yubari melons at auction for the highest recorded price of ¥5million.[9][10]
References
[edit]- ^"Yubari: Japan's Melon Kingdom".Sake-Drenched Postcards.Retrieved2017-07-28.
- ^"Yubari Melon".Made in Japan: 100 Best Products.Kansai Matsusin.Retrieved2017-07-28.
- ^Shah, Dhiram (15 May 2007)."Japan's Cadillac of melons Yubari melons fetches record 2 million yen".Fareastgizmos.Retrieved2010-11-04.
- ^"Japon: le boeuf de Kobe et le melon de Yubari désormais protégés par un label".L'Express(in French). Groupe L'Express. 22 December 2015.Retrieved2017-07-28.
- ^Hosaka, Tomoko A. (15 May 2009)."Slump hits Japan's most expensive melons".The Independent.Archivedfrom the original on 2022-05-07.Retrieved2011-07-11.
- ^Tịch trương メロン sơ cạnh り qua đi tối cao ２ ngọc ３００ vạn yên.Ngày テレNEWS24(video) (in Japanese).Nippon News Network.26 May 2016.Retrieved2016-05-26.
- ^"Tịch trương メロン sơ cạnh り qua đi tối cao ２ ngọc ３００ vạn yên".Livedoor(in Japanese). Line Corporation. 26 May 2016.Retrieved2016-05-26.
- ^"Hội xã điểm chính"[Company Profile].konishi524.net(in Japanese). Konishj-syouten.Retrieved2017-07-28.
- ^Shimbun, The Yomiuri."Pair of Yubari melons fetch record ¥5 million at Sapporo auction".The Japan News.Retrieved2019-05-24.
- ^"Pair of Yubari melons fetch record ¥5 million at season's first auction in Hokkaido".The Japan Times Online.2019-05-24.ISSN0447-5763.Retrieved2019-05-24.
Further reading
[edit]- Nakata, Eijiro; Staub, Jack E.; López-Sesé, Ana I.; Katzir, Nurit (2005). "Genetic Diversity of Japanese Melon Cultivars (Cucumis melo L.) as Assessed by Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA and Simple Sequence Repeat Markers ".Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution.52(4).Springer Science+Business Media:405–19.doi:10.1007/s10722-005-2258-9.S2CID44226056.
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