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Shizuoka Crown Melon

Shizuoka, Japan · Soldeli

£55 per melon — currently sold out

Comparison basis: per melon · source checked 2026-08-27

Research previewSource status: Corrected from live source · Not yet independently tasted · Licensed category photo, not the exact retail pack

Source status: Corrected from live source
No live Harrods page supported £120. The closest direct UK listing is £55, reduced from £82, and currently sold out.
Open source checked 2026-08-27 →

Research snapshotFinal score pending

Provisional signals based on product positioning and price comparison. Taste is deliberately withheld until a real tasting.

Rarity10

Taste—

Presentation8

Value signal3

Price Multiplier

Shizuoka Crown Melon£55

Supermarket honeydew£2.50 each

Posh multiplier22×

Category photograph illustrating Shizuoka Crown Melon; not the exact retail product — Category photo, not exact pack · National Fruit Collection, Brogdale · OGL v2.0

Why is it so expensive?

Grown one fruit per vine — every other melon is pruned off to concentrate the sugars.
Hand-polished, hand-turned, grown in dedicated glasshouses.
Graded on perfect netting and a T-shaped stem left on for presentation.
In Japan these are a formal gift, not a fruit-bowl item — you're buying a gesture.

Would we buy it?

Once

Once: absolutely.

As a habit

Every Tuesday: probably not.

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