Brief introduction of fruit cucumber

Fruit cucumber, an annual vine of Cucurbitaceae, is 12- 15 cm long and about 3 cm in diameter. Generally, the epidermis has no thorns and tastes sweet. Mainly used for raw food. As a new dish, fruit cucumber was welcomed by the market as soon as it appeared. In recent years, fruit cucumber has developed rapidly and has been cultivated all over the country. From the variety of fruit cucumber, the varieties introduced from Holland are 17 1. In recent two or three years, domestic varieties have been developed, such as Jingyan Mini 1 and Beijing No.2, which are all good varieties. Fruit cucumber is rich in malonic acid, cucumber enzyme and a lot of vitamin E. With the improvement of living standard and the change of diet concept, people began to pay attention to the health function of food, and fruit cucumber quickly became a popular dual-purpose product in the market.