Smart Japanese Farmers have forced their watermelons to grow into a square shape by inserting the melons into square, tempered glass cases while the fruit is still growing on the vine. These ...

Square watermelons are gaining popularity in Japan. Some salesmen said the watermelons ... Profit chasers around the world are now considering growing watermelons in other shapes such as hearts ...

In Japan, square watermelons are sold for ... they can be stacked unlike other watermelons. To complete the square watermelon growing process, Barbara Sikes explained that watermelon seeds go ...

are gaining popularity in Japan. The watermelons are placed inside a square crate so as they grow, the melons are formed into a square.Square watermelons are being sold in Japan’s supermarkets.

First produced 40 years ago, the square watermelon is becoming an item of growing demand across Japan and around the world. Each watermelon is sold at $A105 (10,000 ...

In Japan, the sight of a square watermelon doesn’t stop shoppers in their tracks. They first appeared in 2001, the brainchild of a farmer who’d just had it with their rolling around in the ...

Some media reports have attributed the invention of square watermelon to a 1980s Japanese farmer hailing ... And square watermelons grow into 18-centimeter cubes till they mature to weigh some ...

Having mastered the art of making square watermelons and even pyramid ... re sure Mr. and Mrs. Hiroichi Kimura will grow more next season. [Asahi via Japan Probe via Inventor Spot via Boing ...