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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Square watermelons are gaining popularity in Japan. Some salesmen said the watermelons were invented as an indoor ornament rather than fruit and last for about a month if kept at room temperature.

KAGAWA, Japan – Watermelons come in many shapes and sizes. In Japan, there are even square watermelons. Each year, farmers in Japan place baby watermelons in a square plastic box. As the fruit matures ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Aug. 30—"We wanted to [grow] something different and interesting for Anson County people to hear and see about." — Barbara Sikes, ...

True Fact! They get square watermelons by growing them inside of square glass cases. That way they can fit easily into a refrigerator, and you can stack things on them. Square watermelons are ...

JAPAN (WLS) -- 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 ...