“铁把瓜”是山东省招远市的一个地方优良薄皮甜瓜品种,由于果柄坚硬,果实成熟后,不易脱落,被当地人称“铁把瓜”。该品种具有品质好,味特甜,抗逆性强,商品性好等特点,备受人们的青睐。近年来,栽培面积迅速扩大,成为招远市春季甜瓜的主栽品种。2001年,全市种植面积达260hm~2,产品上市量达585×10~4kg,产值达2340万元;2002年种植面积扩大为390hm~2,总产达1100×10~4kg,总产值达3920万元,平均每666.7m~2甜瓜产值6700元,纯收入5000元 “Iron to melon ” is a place in Shandong Zhaoyuan fine cantaloupe melon varieties, because of the stalk hard, ripe fruit, not easy to fall, by local people “iron melon ”. The variety has good quality, sweet taste, strong resistance, good product characteristics, much of people of all ages. In recent years, the cultivation area rapidly expanded, becoming the main varieties of spring melons in Zhaoyuan City. In 2001, the city’s planting area reached 260hm ~ 2, the product market volume of 585 × 10 ~ 4kg, output value reached 23.4 million yuan; 2002 acreage expanded to 390hm ~ 2, the total output of 1100 × 10 ~ 4kg, the total output value of 3920 Million, an average of 6700 yuan per 666.7m ~ 2 melon output, net income of 5,000 yuan