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Baby Buddha Pears: Fruit of Enlightened Chinese Farmer
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by Scott Wu | September 18, 2009 at 12:33 pm
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A Chinese farmer has invented baby Buddha shaped pears, and is planning to export them to Europe. Gao Xianzhang spent the past 6 years perfecting his baby Buddha pears. His pears are priced at £5 each, but they are sold "as soon as they're off the tree."
'People seem to think they are cute or lucky and will buy them as soon as they're off the tree,' Gao explained.
Gao created 10,000 mini Buddha pears, planning on taking the UK and European market soon.
Photos of the baby Buddha pears.
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at 14:42 on September 18th, 2009
They can't be natural....come on! They look carved.
Oh... they put a mold around the pear as it grows?
at 08:46 on September 19th, 2009
Yeah I think they used a mold to do it. The color would be different if they're carved.
at 11:16 on September 19th, 2009
The pears are so cute!
Clever farmer for using a mold to grow his pears.
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laura k (not verified)at 10:34 on September 22nd, 2009
japan's been growing melons in squares for years. saves space. just like cooking bread in a bread tube...