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People are now growing Square Tomatoes, and Peaches.

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Y10,000. That's a bit steep for an inedible melon.

Yes, it's inedible. It's just for show. (Showing you've got cash to burn on a useless prop.)

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An interesting gimmick but certainly not worth the money. Watermelon in Australia is 187 yen/kg

Assuming a 10kg melon thats 1,870 yen. For a 5 kg melon 935 yen.

Get a wood block and paint or wrap it with watermelon design instead.

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Cheaper in the long run to buy a plastic one and reuse it every year.

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Cool

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In 2015 these sort of melons were selling for Y 5000

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I think I’ve seen this photo on JT 3 years running.

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