The relatively rare yellow watermelon has entered the market in large volumes this year. The price is more or less the same as for red watermelons. When it comes to watermelons, people imagine green skin and red fruit flesh. However, the yellow watermelon entered the market in large volumes nearly a month earlier this year -- this was the first time yellow watermelons have snatched the spotlight from red watermelons. Since yellow watermelons usually enter the market in small volumes, the price is normally relatively high. This year the supply volume increased and the price decreased by nearly half.
Yellow watermelon
Many watermelon farmers started to plant yellow watermelons in response to its relatively high price. Even though farmers plant small volumes of "specialty" watermelons, the accumulated volume is still relatively large. In addition, this year was a bumper harvest for watermelons, so the production volume further increased. In previous years yellow watermelons entered the market in small volumes in June, and in large volumes in July and August. This year the yellow watermelon harvest began in early April. The price of yellow watermelons is almost half of what it used to be. The wholesale price of yellow watermelons is even lower than the wholesale price of red watermelons.
Source: Xiamen Daily
