Abstract:

‘Yongyue 1’is a hybrid oriental pickling melon which derived from a cross between the female inbred line of CG10-12-9-3-1 and the male inbred line of YW10-3-10-15-7-5-2-1. The fruit is cylinder shape with single weight of about 1.28 kg. The rind is white and flesh is orange. The Brix in the central part of fruit is about 10%. It is of high edible quality with crisp taste and fragrance. The developing period of spring is about 30 days. The whole developing period is about 89–102 days. It has good resistant to hypothermia and gummy stem blight，which is suitable for facilities cultivation in spring in East China with average yield is 38 122.5 kg · hm-2.

Key words: oriental pickling melon, cultivar