关键词: 瓠瓜, 品种

Abstract: ‘Yuepu 1’is an early-riping gourd hybrid. Its commercial fruit is rod-shape, light green,and densely coated with shortwhite pappos. The fruits are uniform in diameter, and they are about 25 - 35 cm in length and 5 - 7 cm in diameter. Its umbilical region is relatively flat and the fruit shoulder is slightly convex, and average fruitweight is 250 - 500 g. The fruit flesh is compact and it tastes sticky and soft with slight sweet flavor. It takes 95 - 105 days from sowing to first harvest in spring cultivation and 45 - 50 days in autumn cultivation. Its yield is usually more than 45.0 t·hm- 2 in spring and more than 22.5 t·hm- 2 in autumn.

Key words: gourd, cultivar