关键词: 西瓜, 优质, 早熟, 品种

Abstract: ‘Meijia’is a new watermelon cultivar by crossing‘BSL-1-1-2-1-1’as female parent and ‘（901 × Xin）F2-2-3-5-1-1’as male parent，it is of high quality with early maturity. The plant is strong with thick stem，easily fruits in early period. The fruit development period is 28–30 days. The fruit is round with light green skin and thin green stripes. The stripes are clear with no strip breakage. The average fruit weight is 7.0 kg，the soluble solids content in center is 11.9% and in edge is 8.4%，the fruit flesh is red fine sandy and juicy but with less fiber and good taste. The yield is 70 788 kg · hm-2 in regional tests. It is suitable for large and medium-sized shed planting in Hebei，Henan and Shandong provinces.

Key words: watermelon, high quality, early maturity, cultivar