Melons

Tons of watermelons remained in the field due to lack of markets. Cheap Greek production permanently displaces native production. There is no import control by the state, costs have risen by 30-40% at double lower purchase prices. Such is the balance sheet at the height of summer of Yanko Yanev, one of the major producers in Lyubimets, Bulgaria.

A farmer who grew a watermelon weighing 45.5 kilograms has won the 11th Watermelon Festival organized in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır, famous for its big and juicy watermelons.

"Due to drought, unfortunately, this year farmers could not grow bigger watermelons," Münir Karaloğlu, the governor of the province, said at the prize-giving ceremony on Sept. 22.

A local agricultural company in the southern province of Antalya growing micro-sized special fruits and vegetables has now begun selling "baby watermelons" weighing only five grams.

With about 2 million hectares of watermelons and annual production worth more than 2 trillion yuan (about $ 290.8 million), China ranks first in the world in the production and consumption of this juicy fruit.

A Turkish woman has said she killed her husband in self-defense after he got jealous when a seller in a local market complimented her for picking the right watermelon.

Sofia. The prices of watermelons and melons are rising because the crop was compromised in the main growing areas, Assoc. Prof. Sava Tabakov, who teaches fruit growing, said in an interview with Focus News Agency regarding fruit crops in Bulgaria after the torrential rains in July.

You can make your own natural sexual Viagra by mixing some common fruits. All you’ll need for this formula is a watermelon and a lemon. Watermelon includes citrulline and lycopene, two molecules that are considered aphrodisiac. Start by chopping a watermelon and using a juicer to get about 1L of watermelon juice. Next, pour the juice into a saucepan.

Producers of Turkey?s most delicious and biggest watermelon species are standing guard in their fields to prevent harm from befalling their produce ahead of next month?s watermelon ?beauty contest? in the southeastern province of Diyarbak?r.