You can only look at it, but you can¡¯t eat it! 600 square watermelons are on sale in Kagawa Prefecture, Japan
Chinanews.com, July 4, according to foreign media reports, Kagawa Prefecture, Japan, famous for the production of square ornamental watermelon Shantongji city, 3 began to sell this year's products, each square watermelon price of more than 10,000 yen (about 637 yuan), plans to sell about 600 by the middle of July.
According to reports, farmers in the case of immature watermelon, put it in a plastic container to grow for about 10 days, forming a length of about 18 cm cube.
Due to the difficulty of cultivation and management, only about 80% of the melons can be shipped. Because square watermelons are picked before ripening, they are less sweet and unsuitable for consumption, and are generally displayed as decoration in department stores and fruit stores.
Square watermelons were developed about 50 years ago and are currently produced by only nine farmers. In addition to Japan, square watermelons have also been exported to Canada and Russia.