Talk:Strawberry

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The garden strawberry (Fragaria × ananassa) is a widely grown hybrid plant cultivated worldwide for its fruit. The genus Fragaria, the strawberries, is in the rose family, Rosaceae. The fruit is appreciated for its aroma, bright red colour, juicy texture, and sweetness. It is eaten either fresh or in prepared foods such as jam, ice cream, and chocolates. Artificial strawberry flavourings and aromas are widely used in commercial products. Botanically, the strawberry is not a berry, but an aggregate accessory fruit. Each apparent 'seed' on the outside of the strawberry is actually an achene, a botanical fruit with a seed inside it. The garden strawberry was first bred in Brittany, France, in the 1750s via a cross of F. virginiana from eastern North America and F. chiloensis, which was brought from Chile by Amédée-François Frézier in 1714. Cultivars of F. × ananassa have replaced the woodland strawberry F. vesca in commercial production. In 2023, world production of strawberries exceeded ten million tons, led by China with 40% of the total. These focus-stacked photographs show two garden strawberries, one whole and one halved.

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Place of Origin

The article discusses two varieties; the Virginia strawberry and the Chilean strawberry, but are these the only two? Do I understand correctly that strawberries are exclusively native to the Americas? There are no wild strawberries indigenous to the Old World? If so, maybe the article should make that more clear. Beetfarm Louie (talk) 14:55, 29 July 2025 (UTC)

No, not so, but they are key ancestors, as described in the article. All the best, Chiswick Chap (talk) 14:20, 30 July 2025 (UTC)

@Beetfarm Louie: This article weirdly mixes a description of the garden strawberry, a certain cultivar, and the cultural history of strawberries, the fruits of Fragaria. Virgil as example won't have known the cultivated strawberry or any American form, but will likely have referred to Fragaria vesca Universal-Interessierter^de (talk (de)) 23:13, 28 June 2026 (UTC)

Added a footnote. Chiswick Chap (talk) 10:29, 29 June 2026 (UTC)