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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. This article is about the fruits called melons. ...   Lanzhou (Simplified Chinese: 兰州; Traditional Chinese: 蘭州; pinyin: Lánzhōu; Wade-Giles: Lan-chou; sometimes seen transliterated as Lanchow) is the capital of the Gansu province in China. ... Gansu (Simplified Chinese: 甘肃; Traditional Chinese: 甘肅; pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Kan-su, or modified as Kan-suh) is a province located in the northwest of the Peoples 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. A vice president is an officer in government or business who is next in rank below a president. ... This article is about the fruits called melons. ... Henry Agard Wallace Henry Agard Wallace (October 7, 1888 – November 18, 1965) was the 33rd Vice President of the United States. ... A vice president is an officer in government or business who is next in rank below a president. ... Franklin Delano Roosevelt (January 30, 1882–April 12, 1945), 32nd President of the United States, the longest-serving holder of the office and the only man to be elected President more than twice, was one of the central figures of 20th century history. ... A SeeD is a term given to mercenaries trained and employed by Balamb Garden in the Final Fantasy VIII video game. ...


In photographs, the melons appear light yellow, orange or white, with a light green or apricot yellow flesh. From the description, they appear similar to cantaloupe or honeydew melon, and may in fact be the same species. Yellow is the color of light whose wavelength is between 565 nm and 590 nm, or is a mixture of red and green light that appears to be the same color. ... Orange can refer to the following: Things Orange (word) - the word orange in the English language Orange (fruit) – the fruit of the orange tree Orange (colour) – a color between red and yellow Orange (company) – a telecommunications company Orange (bicycles) – a mountain bike manufacturer In heraldry, orange refers to either the... White is a color (more accurately it contains all the colors of the spectrum and is sometimes described as an achromatic color—black is the absence of color) that has high brightness but zero hue. ... Green is a colour seen commonly in nature. ... Binomial name Prunus armeniaca The scientific name for the apricot is Prunus armeniaca L., which puts it in the same subgenus as the plum (Prunophora). ... Yellow is the color of light whose wavelength is between 565 nm and 590 nm, or is a mixture of red and green light that appears to be the same color. ... Binomial name Cucumis melo reticulatus ITIS 22362 2002-09-03 A Cantaloupe (Cucumis melo, or Cucumis melo reticulatus), also spelled cantaloup, also called rockmelon, is actually the North American name for a variety of muskmelon. ... The term honeydew has more than one meaning. ... This article is about the fruits called 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.
In photographs, the melons appear light yellow, orange or white, with a light green or apricot yellow flesh.
From the description, they appear similar to cantaloupe or honeydew melon, and may in fact be the same species.
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