‘Hangjiao No.18’ is a F₁ hybrid developed by crossing‘ 051-3-2-2-H-H-H’ as female parent
and‘ 035-1-2-2-H-H’ as male parent．It is of early and medium maturity and sheep horn shape．It takes about
55 days from field planting to harvesting green mature fruit．The first flower sets on the 9-11th node．The fruit has
wrinkled surface，large shoulder，glossy peel and spicy flavor．Each plant can bear about 20 fruits．The single
fruit weight is about 50.5 g．Its fruit is 22.7 cm in length and 4.2 cm in width．The flesh thickness is 0.25 cm．In
fields，its resistance to virus disease，anthracnose and pepper blight is stronger than that of the contrast‘ Longjiao
No.3’．The average yield is 63 t·hm^-2．It is suitable for cultivation in protected fields in Gansu Province，Inner
Mongolia and Xinjiang Autonomous Region and other areas with similar ecological conditions.