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Fruit vendor draws pictures on watermelons

Updated: 2013-07-23 19:28

(chinadaily.com.cn)

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A watermelon vendor from Xiaogan, Hubei province, has increased sales by carving pictures on the melons with his fingernails.

Wang Nanhai, 57, said he has sold more than 1,000 kg of melons a day by drawing images such as rabbits and flowers, cnhubei.com reported on Tuesday.

On one day in early July, he sold 1,500 kg of melons.

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