Many kinds of functional watermelons which are smaller and colorful, have been introduced one after another.
Mini watermelons are seen dangling on the branches.
They are one-fifth of the size of normal watermelons.
Normal watermelons are grown on land but the mini watermelons are being grown by a scaffolding cultivation method.
They are small enough to be peeled with a knife but have a higher sugar content and a shorter cultivation period.
There are fully ripe yellow watermelons which look very delicious.
The dark stripes on the surface is a distinct feature of normal watermelons but the yellow mini-watermelons do not have them.
In order to satisfy consumers demand, the research and development of various functional watermelons is in progress in the country.
The R&D projects also include efforts to develop technologies to increase the volume of crops, on top of those for producing mini-sized or colorful watermelons.
[저작권자(c) YTN 무단전재, 재배포 및 AI 데이터 활용 금지]