Welcome to Strawberryland

Are you ready to discover the spirit of this delicious bright red fruit?

• 🔴The strawberry is a widely grown hybrid species of the genus Fragaria
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  🔴It is consumed, either fresh or in such prepared foods as jam, juice, pies, ice cream, milkshakes...
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  🔴Artificial strawberry flavorings and aromas are also widely used in products such as candy, soap, lip gloss, perfume...
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  🔴The garden strawberry was first bred in Brittany, France, in the 1750s
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  🔴The strawberry is not a berry, from a botanical point of view. Technically, it is an aggregate accessory fruit
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  🔴In 2019, world production of strawberries was 9 million tonnes, led by China with 40% of the total.

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