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Strawberries - Peg Wheeler Hope - Artbeats 1990 - Framed Print - 14"H x 11"W
Strawberries - Peg Wheeler Hope - Artbeats 1990 - Framed Print - 14"H x 11"W
The garden strawberry (strawberry or Fragaria × ananassa) is not a botanical berry, but an aggregate accessory fruit is widely appreciated for its characteristic aroma, bright red color, juicy texture, and sweetness.
The French began taking the strawberry from the forest to their gardens for harvest in the 14th century. Charles V, had 1,200 strawberry plants in his royal garden. Western European monks were using the wild strawberry in their illuminated manuscripts.
People began using it for its supposed medicinal properties and botanists began naming the different species. In England the demand for regular strawberry farming had increased by the mid-16th century. The combination of strawberries and cream was created by Thomas Wolsey in the court of King Henry VIII. Instructions for growing and harvesting strawberries were created in 1578.
The garden strawberry was first bred in Brittany, in the 1750s via a cross of the eastern North America strawberry and the Chilean strawberry.
