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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]].
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]].
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.
[[Category:Melons]]
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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]].
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]].
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.
[[Category:Melons]]
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