炎炎夏日最適合吃甜甜的西瓜和酸酸的檸檬了，日本一家園藝公司花了五年時間將西瓜和檸檬“二合一”，培育出了酸甜可口的“檸檬西瓜”。

The Lemon Melon is a newly-developed type of melon that apparently combines the sweetness and aroma of the melon with a slight sourness reminiscent of a lemon.

檸檬西瓜是新開發(fā)的西瓜品種，兼具西瓜的香甜和檸檬的微酸口感。

Japanese horticulture company Suntory Flowers reportedly spent five years developing the lemon melon, breeding it from a type of melon originally imported from overseas. The final product, which is apparently blended with actual lemons, is juicy and sweet like a melon but slightly sour like a lemon, making the perfect fruit to enjoy on a hot summer day.

日本三得利花卉園藝公司據(jù)稱花了五年時間用一種進口西瓜的種子培育出了檸檬西瓜。和檸檬雜交后培育出的成品瓜既像西瓜般多汁甘甜但又有檸檬般的微酸，非常適合在炎熱的夏日食用。

The lemon melon has the usual round shape of a melon, but its rind lacks the characteristic stripes and striation of a melon, and has white flesh. The texture is comparable to that pears, but it softens as it ripens and ends up like that of Yubari melons. There are currently only five farmers in Hokkaido growing lemon melons, and they are expected to grow about 3,800 lemon melons this year.

檸檬西瓜和普通西瓜一樣是圓形，但是外皮沒有西瓜的標志性條紋，果肉呈白色。口感和梨類似，但是熟透了的檸檬西瓜會更軟，比較接近夕張蜜瓜。目前北海道只有5個農(nóng)民在種植檸檬西瓜，他們今年預(yù)計會種出大約3800個檸檬西瓜。

Lemon melons have already hit Japanese supermarket shelves, selling for around 3,220 yen a piece. Those lucky enough to have tried it, can’t stop raving about its delicious taste.

檸檬西瓜已經(jīng)在日本超市上架銷售，一片瓜的價格大概為3220日元（約合人民幣166元）。有幸嘗過檸檬西瓜的人對這種美味的瓜贊不絕口。

"It has a faint sourness like a lemon, but the strong sweetness of a melon. It’s delicious,” a reporter from HBC News said.

《北海道放送》的記者稱：“有檸檬的微酸，又和西瓜一樣很甜。太好吃了?！?/p>

"It has a good balance of sweet and sour. It would be the perfect fruit for a hot day,” another person said.

另一個人表示：“甜和酸的比例恰到好處，堪稱熱天消暑的完美水果?！?/p>

The lemon melon is the latest addition to Japan’s popular luxury fruit market, which includes edible wonders like the world’s most expensive watermelon, square-shaped watermelons, Ruby Roman, the world’s most expensive grapes, and white jewels, Japan’s iconic white strawberries.

檸檬西瓜是日本備受歡迎的奢侈水果市場上的最新產(chǎn)品，日本曾經(jīng)推出的珍奇水果包括世界上最昂貴的西瓜——方形西瓜、世界上最昂貴的葡萄——羅馬紅寶石葡萄，還有日本經(jīng)典的白色草莓——白寶石草莓。

英文來源：Oddity Central

翻譯&編輯：丹妮