WEIGHT, SIZE AND TECHNOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE KARAKALPAK VARIETIES OF MELONS

Abstract

Melons, being the most ancient culture of Uzbekistan, have come a long way in their transformation and formation.  Having been bred, initially from wild-growing forms, as they got into the conditions of cultivated agriculture, the nature of melons gradually changed.  Man created new, more valuable varieties by purposeful action.  For many centuries, folk breeders from generation to generation have continuously selected the best fruits of melons with high palatability, gradually grafted and consolidated these characteristics by inheritance.  With their painstaking work, they created varieties of melons that have survived to this day, unmatched in other countries.