‘Xinshuai’is a new bitter gourd F₁ hybrid of early maturity developed by crossing ‘DH2301’
as female parent and ‘B198’ as male parent．The plant has strong growth vigor．And its proportion of female
flowers is high．Its fruits are grown on the main vines．The first female flower of main vine sets on 10-11th
node．Its fruit is of long rod shape．There are many round warts on the fruit surface．Its fruit peel is light
green in color．The fruit is 25-28 cm in length and 6.2-6.4 cm in width．The fruit flesh is 1.2-1.3 cm in
thickness．The single fruit weight is about 320 g．Its resistances in fields to powdery mildew，downy mildew
and Fusarium wilt are stronger than that of the contrast‘lyujian’．It has good continuous fruit setting ability．
It can yield about 52.5 t·hm^-2．It is suitable for cultivation in Hunan，Sichuan Provinces and areas with similar
ecological conditions in open fields and greenhouses in spring and autumn.