Watermelon industry day

Friends, Family, and Colleagues,

A few weeks ago, JAAS hosted an industry day for the watermelon industry in the Jiangsu province. It was similar to any industry convention you'd go to in the US, I've decided to make this a picture-heavy post to give you an idea of the varieties that are being produced on the other side of the world.

There were a LOT of free samples. It was mostly watermelon, but they did have muskmelon (which they call sweet melon over here).

Banner at the entrance

Opening remarks from the coordinators

Not all the watermelons were round...

There was a good turnout. Note the little kid pointing in my direction.
Americans are uncommon in this region of Nanjing.

This variety is translated to "ice cream" in English. Note the yellow and orange flesh. It was very sweet.

This was one of the trellis exhibits in the back of the building.
I'm here with Yuan, one of the students.

There is a tomato industry day this Saturday that I may check out. I don't know if there will be as many free samples. However, I could be mistaken, the Chinese love their tomatoes.

All is well over here.

Mason