Fusui Black-Skinned Winter Melon

Fusui Black-Skinned Winter Melon

　　Fusui Black-Skinned Winter Melon is a specialty of Fusui County in Chongzuo City, Guangxi. The county adopts the trellised “hanging melon” cultivation technique, resulting in beautifully shaped black-skinned winter melons that are highly favored by merchants.

　　Over the past few years, the planting area of black-skinned winter melons in Fusui County has continued to expand. In 2012, the planting area reached over 6,000 mu, and it has developed into an agricultural product with a well-known brand in Fusui County. Thanks to farmers planting new high-yield varieties and using the hanging melon cultivation technique, the average yield of black-skinned winter melons has reached 15,000–16,000 jin per mu, with high-yield fields producing over 18,000–20,000 jin. The total output of black-skinned winter melons in the county is expected to exceed 37,000 tons.