Garden Strawberry

:This article describes the modern Garden Strawberry, the basis for nearly all present-day commercial cultivation; see strawberry for a broader perspective.

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Garden Strawberry (Fragaria x ananassa and related cultivars) is the most common variety of strawberry cultivated worldwide. Like all strawberries, it is in the family Rosaceae; its fruit is more technically known as an accessory fruit, in that the fleshy part is derived not from the plant's ovaries (achenes) but from the peg at the bottom of the bowl-shaped hypanthium that holds the ovaries.

Related Topics:
Cultivar - Strawberry - Rosaceae - Accessory fruit - Achene - Hypanthium

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The Garden Strawberry originated in France in the early 18th century, and represents the accidental cross of Fragaria virginiana from Virginia, which was noted for its fine flavor, and Fragaria chiloensis from Chiloé, off the coast of Chile and noted for its large size.

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18th century - Fragaria virginiana - Virginia - Fragaria chiloensis - Chiloé - Chile

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Cultivars of Fragaria x ananassa have replaced in commercial production the Woodland Strawberry, which was the first strawberry species cultivated in the early 17th century.

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Woodland Strawberry - 17th century

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