28 September 2010

Pineberries

"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.

8 comments:

  1. Meaning what? That you think it's an April Fool's joke?

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  2. Most likely they mean; it was blogged about in April 2010 already.

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  3. Oh. Well, in that case he won't enjoy this blog. I have items bookmarked dating back several YEARS for things to blog.

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  4. "They have the same genetic makeup as a strawberry"

    In other words: They are strawberries :)


    To my understanding, they are a cultivator developed from alpine strawberries, which are often white.

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  5. Oh 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

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  6. In fact, the first modern strawberries were white :
    http://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

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