Ravi Paik/Bhilwara: The demand for watermelon, the most consumed fruit in this summer season, has increased these days. At the same time, due to it being the month of Ramzan, watermelon is being sold well. If we talk about Bhilwara, watermelons from Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Gujarat are being liked more here.
However, this is just the beginning of the watermelon season due to which the price of this watermelon is also around Rs 25 to 30 per kg. As the heat increases, the arrival of watermelon will also increase. Everyone likes to eat watermelon in the summer season. It is a seasonal fruit of summer. It contains more than 90 percent water. Traders believe that the rounder and darker the watermelon, the sweeter and redder it tastes from inside.
Watermelon trader Ghisu Lal says that currently black watermelon is coming to Bhilwara from Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Gujarat, which is black in color and sweet in taste. Black watermelon is most liked in the month of Ramadan, because this watermelon removes water deficiency in the body and is beneficial for health. After this, as the summer increases, striped watermelon will also come in the market. At present, if we talk about the price of watermelon in Bhilwara, watermelon is being sold at the rate of Rs 25 to 30 per kg.
This is how to identify watermelon
Trader Ghisu Lal says that once cut, this black watermelon does not spoil for about 4 to 5 days and without cutting, this watermelon does not spoil for 10 days. Black watermelon is available in season only for 3 months. There is high demand for black watermelon. The rounder and darker the watermelon is, the sweeter it is. Ghisu Lal, who has been selling watermelon for 25 years, says that usually the customers themselves pick the watermelon of their choice and give it to us and we cut it and show them how red and sweet the watermelon is from inside. But if you want to identify it, then there is a simple way in which the rounder and darker the watermelon, the sweeter it is and the red inside it is also and in the same way the customers also give us red and sweet watermelon.
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FIRST PUBLISHED: March 31, 2024, 07:01 IST
