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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{unreferenced|date=October 2006}}<br /> <br /> The '''Bailan melon''' is a locally famous type of [[melon]] grown near [[Lanzhou]], the capital city of [[Gansu]] province in the [[People's Republic of China]].<br /> <br /> According to Chinese sources, the melons were introduced to [[China]] by a Mr. Wallace, [[vice president]] of the [[United States]], who donated melon seeds to the locals while visiting in the 1940s. This man was almost certainly [[Henry A. Wallace]], [[vice president]] under [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]], who had a background in [[agriculture]] and had founded a major [[seed]] company, [[Pioneer Hi-Bred]].<br /> <br /> In photographs, the melons appear light [[yellow]], [[orange (colour)|orange]] or [[white]], with a light [[green]] or [[apricot]] [[yellow]] flesh. From the description, they appear similar to [[cantaloupe]] or [[Honeydew (melon)|honeydew]] melon, and may in fact be the same species.<br /> <br /> [[Category:Melons]]<br /> <br /> <br /> {{fruit-stub}}<br /> {{China-stub}}</div>

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