There’s nothing quite as beautiful as biting into fresh, ripe and juicy fruit. It instantly leaves you refreshed and craving for more. And Japan has introduced the world to a new fruit— Lemon Melon— an innovation by the horticulture company, Suntory Flowers. In simple terms, it looks like a melon and tastes like a lemon. Quite a tongue twister ain’t it? Lemon Melon!
Lemon Melon Is The New Fruit In Japan’s Luxury Fruit Market!
As per a report by SoraNews24, the team at Suntory Flowers cultivated Lemon Melons from a special type of imported melon. After several experiments conducted on growing methods and harvesting periods, five farmers from Hokkaido’s Furano, over the course of five years were finally able to grow Lemon Melon.
Grown in limited quantities under a lot of care, nurture and supervision, this new fruit is an anomaly in the fruit industry. The fruit’s shape and size are similar to that of watermelon but sans the stripes. From the outside, it’s yellow-green in colour. When cut open, it sports a distinct, white colour. The Lemon Melon has the crispness of a pear when unripe and gets softer when ripe. The taste is sweet yet zingy like that of a lemon.
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It Costs A Whopping ₹1899 Per Piece
While it sounds very delicious and intriguing, it’s currently only found in the supermarkets of Sapporo costing a whopping 3,218 yen (₹1899) per fruit. If this exotic fruit wins the hearts of foodies it may be the crowning jewel of Japan’s luxury fruit market. Meanwhile, folks can only daydream about its exotic sweet-sour flavour.
Apparently, agriculturalists in Japan are aiming to grow around 3800 lemon melons and will sell them at supermarkets in Sapporo by the end of August. The lemon melons come after Japan’s luxury fruit market has already tasted success with its white strawberries, the world’s most expensive mango variety, Miyazaki, Dekopon citrus, a mandarin and orange affair, Ruby Roman grapes and square-shaped watermelons.
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Foodies, on your next trip to Japan, are you willing to spend a whopping ₹1899 to buy the world’s most unusual fruit, Lemon Melon? Yes, it does cost a bomb, but remember, ‘It’s one in a melon’!
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