"Allegedly they were sourced from an endangered strain in South Africa and have been cultivated for the past seven years, now available for limited commercial purchase in Europe. They have the same genetic makeup as a strawberry, but are white with red seeds and taste like pineapples."From Life in Cartoon Motion. More at Wikipedia.
That's so April 2010.
ReplyDeleteMeaning what? That you think it's an April Fool's joke?
ReplyDeleteMost likely they mean; it was blogged about in April 2010 already.
ReplyDeleteOh. Well, in that case he won't enjoy this blog. I have items bookmarked dating back several YEARS for things to blog.
ReplyDelete"They have the same genetic makeup as a strawberry"
ReplyDeleteIn other words: They are strawberries :)
To my understanding, they are a cultivator developed from alpine strawberries, which are often white.
cultivar - stupid spell check!
ReplyDeleteOh no! THE PINEBERRIES ARE ENDANGERED FRUITS!!! D: I really wanna try one and I hope some day they will become as world-wide and as popular as strawberries so everyone can try this PINEapple strawBERRY fruit! GO PINEBERRIES :D
ReplyDeleteIn fact, the first modern strawberries were white :
ReplyDeletehttp://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Am%C3%A9d%C3%A9e_Fran%C3%A7ois_Fr%C3%A9zier#Fr.C3.A9zier_et_les_fraisiers
In english, but with less details :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Am%C3%A9d%C3%A9e-Fran%C3%A7ois_Fr%C3%A9zier#Work_in_South_America
Some are nowadays industrially produced in Brittany :
http://www.ouest-france.fr/actu/actuDet_-La-mythique-fraise-blanche-est-revenue-a-Plougastel-_3639-2077843_actu.Htm