DISQUS

dot · 2 years ago

trust the Japanese to come up with something like this

Toby · 2 years ago

This is sick. Cruelty to fruit.

Matt · 2 years ago

Sweet! I want one.

Ben · 2 years ago

My question is, where on earth are all of you coming from? It hasn't even been a full day yet and already there are almost 7,000 views on this page. So, to the next one who comes through, is this showing up for some common Google search? I'm stymied. :)

Jeff · 2 years ago

Cool! Would be awesome to see something like this in the states!

Ben - Stumpled upon...

Dr. Moondog · 2 years ago

I got here view Stumbleupon.

johnny boy · 2 years ago

stumbleupon...noob

Stumbler... · 2 years ago

@ Ben..
There's a cool little plugin that i'm sure a lot of people who viewed this page use. It's called stumble, takes you to really odd sites based off your interests and what not.

TomTom · 2 years ago

This page was submitted to stumble upon by a user called Xagreus and it received a few thumbs up so its in common rotation. I too get you a thumbs up so prepare for even more traffic.

markymark · 2 years ago

yet another Stumbler here!

tooley · 2 years ago

stumbling away

misty · 2 years ago

Stumbleupon as well

ostost · 2 years ago

thats so awesome. I give it a thumbs up. Along with this link. Check it out! http://www.picable.com/Nature/Trees/Unripe-Appl...

Askabarr · 2 years ago

Causing fruits and/or vegetables take the shape of a predefined form is not new;but making it feasible on a commercial scale is new to me.The Japanese are renown for their ability to work in miniature.One only need look at the art of bonsai.The melons are a great idea.

Coldhak · 2 years ago

"My question is, where on earth are all of you coming from?"
i found it via stumbleupon(http://www.stumbleupon.com)

square melons. awesome. maybe we can make stackable grapes?

Max · 2 years ago

what's wierd about all this traffic is that this is not new... japanese have been doing this for a while

Sue · 2 years ago

Interesting stuff. My son proved this could done with potatoes as a school experiment 10 years ago. At the time he wanted to show that square potatoes could be an efficient way to produce french fries/potato chips. His experiment then was successful: a very simple technique

Alias · 2 years ago

They cost about 140$ a pop though.

John · 2 years ago

Not exactly new... they mentioned this on the Simpsons years ago (and if that's anything to go by - don't buy one, as they soon pop back into roundness, making you drop them on the pavement)

Hutch · 2 years ago

The power of the watermelon!!!!!!!

Steel Frog · 2 years ago

Yup, Stumbled here too.

Mikey Benny · 2 years ago

Ben, your hits are most likely coming from StumbleUpon.

towlie · 2 years ago

Hella funny i want a square water melon !

Stumbled my way here !

Towlie

Byron · 2 years ago

But how does it affect the fruit to rind ratio? Do you end up with a small sphere of edible fruit in the middle or does the rind stay a consistent width causing the fruit inside to be cubicle as well?

globeadue · 2 years ago

Stumbled here myself and gave it the thumbs up

Ror · 2 years ago

Stumble here too. Wonder if they charge more for the cuboid shape?

Barnegat Blummis · 2 years ago

Ich habe gelost eine fortz! Eine verstunkener fortz! Jawohl.

Supertruper1988 · 2 years ago

I got here with stumble and this is so awesome i need a few of those

Raider · 2 years ago

Coming from a long way off India
Stumbled and giving a thumbs up :-)

What next? Square EGGS?

mike byrnes · 2 years ago

These are cool as hell.
I stumbled here! stumble on my site, Allims.org!

AndyMan · 2 years ago

Stumble!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Em · 2 years ago

Yep stumbled.

Another stumbler · 2 years ago

Maybe the other posts aren't as interesting???

Ian · 2 years ago

Stumbled upon also . Full marks

Rash · 2 years ago

Fine, if everyone else is saying it: Stumble sent me here..

Carlos · 2 years ago

yet another Stumbler here from Brazil....

Nielsen · 2 years ago

Alright already, we get it! You all stumbled upon this page (yeah me included), but one or two posts should be sufficient.
Let's just call it quits, a'ight?

Ann · 2 years ago

Ben,

Wow. Quite the number of comments. I was actually a little disappointed to find out they grow the watermelons in jars. My sister-in-law does plant genetics and one of the recent projects at her company is genetically breeding square tomatoes. They're also trying to breed tomatoes with fewer guts. Unfortunately, the first crop came out the texture of potatoes...

Tom · 2 years ago

This is nothing new. They've been doing this a long time, and they're very expensive.

helmet · 2 years ago

i m wondering how u can do that???

helmet · 2 years ago

toby u're too stupid.
i m wondering how u can do that???

Mike · 2 years ago

Another stumbler here. :) I wonder if they taste as good as normal watermelons.

Bob in Atlanta · 2 years ago

The Japanese are utilizing it, but people have been using shaped fruit here for decades, Just not much market for it. A French brandy has a pear in the bottle. They place the bottle in a tree and insert the branch into IT before the fruit grows. Clever bunnies!

.mb. · 2 years ago

wow. StumbleUpon is pretty amazing

.j · 2 years ago

stumble upon ;)

Matt · 2 years ago

Wow.....

Yet another stumbler.......

Bizzy · 2 years ago

I stumbled here too

How funny!!

Noize · 2 years ago

Innovation..oh and I stumbled here.

errny · 2 years ago

Stumbled here 2

Abram · 2 years ago

Please don't take this the wrong way--square watermelons are quite interesting. But 1400 hits? I wish my literary blog would get those kinds of hits, but then it demands more attention than a watermelon.

SaraAbigail · 2 years ago

Ben, I came from Stumble Upon...S.

Stefan · 2 years ago

Stumbleupon! I am addicted to it ! I can't stop! I keep on stumbling ! Help me!

Matt · 2 years ago

Whoa - ima random stumbler... I live on North Temple and pass that gold leaf covered statue everyday...

chicho · 2 years ago

wow....i am speechless...i wonder if there is a purpose to their round shape? other than being awkward in a refrigerator?

Jeena · 2 years ago

Those guys are cool: people think those fruits are just a weird game but the truth is cubic fruits can be easilier stocked and transported. Cubic = money.

Janos · 2 years ago

55,753 views, and yes I also stumbled it...

Steve Levenstein · 2 years ago

Stumbled as well... check out this in-depth article (with more pics) on the Square Watermelon Phenomenon:

"The Square Watermelon - Strange Fruit Indeed!"
http://inventorspot.com/square_watermelon

Mirija · 2 years ago

amazing? can we do this with eggs?

Come here stumbled, from Madagascar.

CanCreT · 2 years ago

Stumbled from MAuritius dude... may i know where i fell? :p Japanese r really crazy... but practical lol

Much smarter than you · 2 years ago

This isn't exactly news. First time I saw these square melons was back in '00 or something.

Nathan · 2 years ago

http://www.vegiforms.com/default.asp?Mode=home

Sarah · 2 years ago

Yep... another stumbler here!
And that is really cool

Ben Answer · 2 years ago

Ben, I typed in "http://www." then a random assortment of letters; this page is much better than the previous 44,532,487 site I reached...

The Q · 2 years ago

Yeah this one is pretty old. If I remember correctly, I saw an article about this online a couple years back.

-Stumbled Upon

Synr · 2 years ago

Yet another Stumbler.

66,709 Views

zachsmind · 2 years ago

Yeah but how do you eat a square watermelon? You couldn't carve into it the same way you would a normal watermelon.

stumbler no. gazillion · 2 years ago

Kool watermelons, has this turned into a forum for the stumblers?

May meet u guys on another stumble

FishinRob · 2 years ago

Stumbled her, I like the storability of the Square Melon. Hope the Plastic surgeons in the US don't get any ideas!

Cat Tricky-tricky-wicky! · 2 years ago

I found out about this from a forwarded email, but it was from StumbleUpon before that. That's...wow. Interesting. For some reason they look like huge green candles to me XD Must be because the stems kind of look like wicks....lol

Anyway I don't think I'll be paying 80 bucks a pop for a square watermelon, myself. =D

Nathan · 2 years ago

stumble

daniel · 2 years ago

so... will square watermelons be better or worse for Gallagher's career?

Kevin · 2 years ago

I came here by digg.

nice · 2 years ago

stumble :D

evan · 2 years ago

sumbler here as well!

sven · 2 years ago

Stumbled here... cool 'melons!

Al · 2 years ago

You've probably guessed I've stumbled too!

Doug · 2 years ago

yes.. just so you know.... stumbleupon is still bringing peeps here!.. I just stumbled in and now I'm stumbling out.....cya!! :)

rob · 2 years ago

Stumble, noobster.

Fadem · 2 years ago

Stumbled here too, however, I will give this a thumbs down because I've seen this too often. Seriously, stop duping content.

Stumbler#24 · 2 years ago

Stumble ftw!

pelf · 2 years ago

OMG! I've never seen a square watermelon!
Truly amazing.

Terrie · 2 years ago

Stumbleupon!!!!!!!!!!
Also I thought everyone knew about square melons they have been around for a long time.
They are cool though.

Vic · 2 years ago

um, to the person that wants to know if we can do this with eggs...only if you can find a way of putting a square bottle up a chicken's bottom before the egg is fully formed

john · 2 years ago

pretty cool i want one to got here via stumbleupon,com love it try it and you will to

Val · 2 years ago

Yet another Stumbler here.

my friend Cynthia ate one of those when she went to Japan. Makes them easier to ship, I guess.

solly · 2 years ago

It seems really kl, and a bit more convinient to eat.

....... Stumble too :)

Stubler II · 2 years ago

Another stumble-upon'er.
I wonder if they taste the same?

Stumble · 2 years ago

Stumbling rules my life....

Tom · 2 years ago

stumbleupon. Dude, once you've got a thumbs up, the page gets many hits.

neoauteur · 2 years ago

The Japanese are known for being very resourceful. This is a fine example of that.

Gamemaster · 2 years ago

Stumbled here too! I love StumbleUpon!

mitch · 2 years ago

Reminds me of genetic modifacation. The Japanese are allways trying to make things more perfect than it iallready is. Like they think that they are the makers of the web of life rather than the thread that we all are.

mitch · 2 years ago

Reminds me of G.M.O.s. The Japanese are always trying to make things more perfect than it ialready is. Like they think that they are the makers of the web of life rather than the thread that we all are.

Jane · 2 years ago

They are in the States only for about a month they are expansive just like any other kind of food that has been structurally altered. Also yes Stumbleupon is great but watch what sites that it takes you to it doesn't take into acount any virus that may be there so if you don't have some type of firewall set up then your in trouble.
p.s. happy stumbling ;-)

Izabael · 2 years ago

I'll be more impressed if they can make toroidal ones.....

Applerin1984 · 2 years ago

Another stumbler!

IndiaStumble · 2 years ago

Imagine trying to do something as simple using Genetics.
Reminds me of a joke from the USA / USSR cold war days - US scientists were trying to invent a pen that worked in space (zero gravity) while, the Russians used a pencil! :-)

xy · 2 years ago

Jumping on the bandwagon...I am from stumbleupon too

I reckon they should do this with all sorts of fruits, like oranges etc...it looks awesome!