A small kitchen tool with a hemispherical cutting edge used to scoop neat spheres of melon flesh. Pressed into halved melons and rotated, the baller cuts perfect balls for fruit salads, garnishes, and desserts, giving a professional finish to simple preparations. Most ballers are double-ended, with two sizes, and some include a pointed citrus zester on the handle. The tool also shapes butter, cheese, and chocolate truffles. Sharp edges cut cleanly without crushing the fruit, and melon should be ripe but firm for the best-shaped balls. Rinsing in hot water between uses keeps the cutter gliding smoothly.