National Watermelon and Melon Improvement Center，Beijing Vegetable Research Center，Beijing Academy of Agricultural
and Forestry Sciences，Beijing 100097，China
Abstract：‘Jingying’is a new early maturity，high quality，tolerance to cracking and long-time
storage mini-watermelon F1 hybrid， developed by crossing selfing line‘XM’as female parent and selfing
line‘HX3’as male parent．The plant has strong growth vigor and is easily bearing fruit under low temperature
after grafting．It takes about 90 days for whole growth period and 30-35 days for fruit development stage．
Its fruit is of elliptical shape with dark green rind，narrow stripes on the green peel．The single fruit weight
is about 2.0 kg．Its flesh is even red in color．The central sugar content is 12%-13%，the highest one can
reach 15.7%．The pericarp is thin and tenacious．The flesh is anti-cracking and anti-dehydration，crisp with
good taste and long-time storage tolerance．Its shelf life can reach 15 days．The yield is about 52.5 t · hm-2．
It is suitable for high-quality cultivation in protected fields all over China and for long-distance transportation．
