Molded fruit Chinese businessman Steven Ding is selling plastic molds that can transform round or pear-shaped fruit into weird and wonderful shapes while they’re growing on the tree. Ding said this type of mold was invented by a Chinese farmer a few years ago, and he has been collecting differently shaped molds from all over China for the past two years. The mold is applied to the fruit while it is small and removed after the fruit has grown to fill the mold. The fruit will continue to grow in the unusual shape as it matures. Though the process sounds […]
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