Sparing watermelon is cultivated in Mashhad, Iran. Sabzevar Jovin watermelon is available in markets on July and Hamadan watermelon in the late summer time. Dezful, Minab and Bandar Abbas watermelon is harvested in early winter time
There are more than 130.000 hectares of watermelon-cultivated areas in Iran, which produce 2 million tons per year on average. Therefore, Iran is the third largest watermelon-producer country in the world after China and Turkey
Varieties of watermelon:round striped watermelons and oval-shaped white watermelons
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