A round watermelon can take up a lot of room in a refrigerator and the usually round fruit often sits awkwardly on refrigerator shelves. Smart Japanese Farmers have forced their watermelons to grow ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. square watermelon with other fruit - Koichi Kamoshida/Getty Images Let's be honest, round watermelons are a bit inconvenient.

Iowa is known for creating different variations of food, but Japan has taken it an extra step.Square watermelons are becoming an increasingly popular buy, with the fruit selling for around $100 in ...

JAPAN -- Most of us know watermelons as round shaped. But now farmers in Japan are changing it up. They are growing the fruit to be square shaped. The watermelons are created by placing them in a ...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. A few years back, there was a report that wealthy people in Russia were paying over $800 for Japanese square watermelons. In Russia, that’s supposedly ...

JAPAN (CBS) — Outlandish square watermelon, among other uniquely-shaped fruits, are gaining popularity in Japan. The watermelons are placed inside a square crate so as they grow, the melons are formed ...

The proverb "rarity brings high prices" has proven universally true and lastingly so. Thirty years since its invention, square watermelon still fetches some 150 U.S. dollars per fruit in its ...