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Onnthis date in 1806, British market gardener Michael Keens presented tonthe Royal Horticultural Society the first cultivated strawberry whosensize, flavor, and color resembles today’s strawberries. Apparentlynalmost all of our current strawberries descend from Keens’s fruits.
Onnthis date in 1806, British market gardener Michael Keens presented tonthe Royal Horticultural Society the first cultivated strawberry whosensize, flavor, and color resembles today’s strawberries. Apparentlynalmost all of our current strawberries descend from Keens’s fruits.n
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| A modern strawberry |
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| A wild strawberry |
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nArenthey berries?
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nThenbotanical definition of a berry is that it is a simple fruit withnseeds and pulp that comes from a single ovary of a flower. So fruitsnlike blueberries and cranberries are berries.
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nHowever,nstrawberries are not!
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Strawberriesnare called “accessory fruits.” They are unique in that the seedsnare tiny and affixed to the outside of the “fruit,” which is notncreated by a flower ovary but instead by a thickened part of thenplant’s stem. n
Strawberriesnare called “accessory fruits.” They are unique in that the seedsnare tiny and affixed to the outside of the “fruit,” which is notncreated by a flower ovary but instead by a thickened part of thenplant’s stem. nn
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(Raspberries,nblackberries, and boysenberries are also not true berries; they aren“aggregate fruits” that contain seeds from many different flowernovaries. Some botanical berries that don’t get called berriesninclude avocados, watermelons, pumpkins, grapes, and bananas!)
(Raspberries,nblackberries, and boysenberries are also not true berries; they aren“aggregate fruits” that contain seeds from many different flowernovaries. Some botanical berries that don’t get called berriesninclude avocados, watermelons, pumpkins, grapes, and bananas!)n
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nCelebratenstrawberries!
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nHerenare some ideas.
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nAlsonon this date:
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“Dog Days” begin
“Dog Days” begin n
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nIndependence Day in Belarus
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