They're big in Japan.
Huge.
Square watermelons made to grow that shape are given as exotic gifts. They are molded as they grow inside cube-shaped glass boxes. A company official says the melons are not genetically modified.
Now, a company in Panama is exporting them to the U.S. The first shipment of 120 melons left this week headed for New York.
We can't wait until they're everywhere.
GET IT: $75 per melon. No word yet on where they'll be sold.