Put on August 3 in the history

Day of a water-melon. This tasty holiday was born in United States of America which win first place by quantity of the eaten water-melons in comparison with other countries. The homeland of this plant is South Africa. Though, judging by finds of scientists, in the XX century B.C. it grew up in Egypt. To Europe and Russian Federation water-melons were delivered in the XIII—XIV century, and they got to America in the XVI century together with the African slaves. Now water-melons are grown up in 96 countries of the world in more than 1200 versions. Water-melon — this not only tasty, but also a useful delicacy. In it more than 90% of water and only about 6% of sugar of the general...