Crazy japs...

http://www.slashfood.com/2008/06/14/black-watermelon-sells-for-6-100/

Black watermelon sells for $6,100

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"A black watermelon fetched $6,100 at a Japanese auction on Friday, making it one of the most expensive melons ever sold. The 17-pound black-skinned "Densuke" watermelon drew the unusually high price or its rare color. It is said to have an extraordinarily delicate taste and perfume. The purchase came on the heels of another record fruit auction - a pair of cantaloupes went for $23,500 last month. In Japan, where specially cultivated "gift fruits" are given as presents and tokens of respect, melons usually retail for upwards of $100. These special fruits are grown in air-conditioned greenhouses lined with rich soil. Growers only allow three melons to grow on each plant, and when the baby melons are the size of a fist, two are chopped off to allow the best one to suck all the nourishment from the vine. The "perfect" melon is then wrapped in fine tissue papers and sold in a carved wooden box. A gift pear can cost $40, 10 ounces of cultivated winter cherries might sell for $400. Yes, there are regular fruits too. A conventionally grown melon might retail for $5."

6/15/2008 7:15:33 PM

6/15/2008 7:16:25 PM

watermelon is gross

6/15/2008 7:17:38 PM

^ blasphemy

watermelons are one of the best fruits ever, and the vast majority of the world agrees.

6/15/2008 7:19:00 PM

well if the vast majority of the world jumped off a cliff, would you as well?

YOU'RE DAMNED RIGHT YOU WOULD

BECAUSE YOU'RE LIKE THAT

6/15/2008 7:20:37 PM

he's a dune coon, just tell him to fuck off

6/15/2008 7:21:43 PM

6/15/2008 7:23:13 PM

KILLING YOURSELF IS THE SAME AS LIKING A FOOD

6/15/2008 7:24:32 PM

watermelon isn't food

6/15/2008 7:25:43 PM

Quote :

"WATERMELON ISN'T FOOD"

6/15/2008 7:27:13 PM

watermelon is worthless

6/15/2008 7:27:26 PM

put watermelon in a blender and it aint worthless

6/15/2008 7:28:32 PM

^^ watermelon is delicious

6/15/2008 7:38:20 PM

Watermelon is great, I love it.

But what made this particular "gift" watermelon worth $6,000 dollar bucks when they usually only cost $100?

[Edited on June 15, 2008 at 7:39 PM. Reason : ]

6/15/2008 7:38:45 PM

6/15/2008 7:51:55 PM

opinions

6/15/2008 8:02:20 PM

^^hahah

is that carl weathers

6/15/2008 9:10:02 PM

Quote :

"Yes, there are regular fruits too. A conventionally grown melon might retail for $5.""

bullshit, cheapest I've seen a cantalope go for over here is 25 bucks.

6/15/2008 9:16:08 PM

bttt

6/16/2008 8:32:31 PM

there's never been a watermelon worth that much in the history of mankind

6/16/2008 8:55:01 PM