Square Watermelons

In Japan, it is possible to buy square watermelons  square watermelons ?!

Yes!!

Japanese breeders have managed to grow square watermelons are now all the rage with young Japanese consumers!

The square watermelon: a genetically modified watermelon?

Despite this significant change in "look", there is neither GMOs or chemicals in the water melon new generation that grows in glass boxes.

Concerned about the large space occupied in frigot watermelons, Japanese farmers have just had the idea to grow watermelons in square ... so that they take the form of box boxes! In this way, consumers can more easily get the watermelon in the fridge!

The square boxes they're grown in are the exact dimensions of Japanese refrigerators, which means they fit perfectly. At $82 each, these square watermelons probably wouldn't be too popular in the United States. Our solution for a lack of refrigerator space? Smaller, seedless watermelons.