新疆盛产西瓜。长期以来,新疆栽培的西瓜品种主要是本地原有的大籽瓜,如吐鲁番白皮瓜、精河黑皮冬熟瓜、伊犂阿拉塔吾孜(花皮瓜)、可克塔吾孜(青皮瓜)、卡拉塔吾孜(黑皮瓜)、可日艾(枕头瓜)等。这些品种,除少数仍栽培外,大多因品质差、混杂严重而被淘汰。 五十年代中期,新疆从国外引进了反修一、二、三号和斯拉夫杨卡、美丽(梅里托波尔斯基)等品种。这些品种由于品质较优, Xinjiang is rich in watermelon. For a long time, the varieties of watermelon cultivated in Xinjiang are mainly the original large-seeded melon in Xinjiang, such as Turpan white pea melon, Jinghe black pea melon, Ili Atata guzai, ), Karatta Wu Zi (black skin melon), can be Ai (pillow melon) and so on. These varieties, with the exception of a few still cultivated, were mostly eliminated due to poor quality and mixed promiscuity. In the mid-1950s, Xinjiang imported antisera I, II and III, Slavonic card and the beautiful (Meritopolpskih) from abroad. These varieties due to better quality,