日本方形西瓜获俄罗斯富人追捧
[font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma][size=12px][b]Pity the nouveau riche Russians who missed last week's bargain on Japanese-grown, cube-shaped watermelons at high-end Moscow markets: Just $700.[/b][/size][/font][font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma][size=12px][b]由日本培育的方形西瓜受到了俄罗斯富人的追捧，每个方形西瓜的价格高达700美元。[/b][/size][/font]
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[font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma][size=12px]But news of the novelty, a couple of weeks before the start of Russia's [url=http://www.enread.com/news/life/93422.html]watermelon[/url] season, has boosted the price in recent days to around $860, according to news reports.[/size][/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma][size=12px]That's more than 300 times the price of your standard melon, the Kyodo news agency said.[/size][/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma][size=12px]Japanese like to give watermelons as presents, especially during the summer gift-giving season known as ochugen.[/size][/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma][size=12px]Early in their development, the melons are put into transparent boxes, where they grow to maturity.[/size][/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma][size=12px]Why the cube? To save space in the small refrigerators found in the cramped quarters of most Japanese. Compared with Russia, the melons are a steal: about $80.[/size][/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma][size=12px]Before The Moscow Times carried an Interfax news agency report Friday on the strange fruit, they weren't leaping out of the bins.[/size][/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma][size=12px]"There has been no rush," an assistant said at one of the unidentified chain's stores. A few customers had bought them "just for fun."[/size][/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma][size=12px]Over the weekend, the [url=http://www.enread.com/news/life/93422.html]price[/url] jumped about $150 as demand rose.[/size][/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma][size=12px]Not bad for something intended only as a
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