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Fragaria vesca, commonly called the wild strawberry, woodland strawberry, Alpine strawberry, Carpathian strawberry or European strawberry, is a perennial herbaceous plant in the rose family that grows naturally throughout much of the Northern Hemisphere, and that produces edible fruits.
In 2022, world production of strawberries was 9.6 million tonnes, led by China with 35 percent of the total and the United States and Turkey as other significant producers. [32] Due to the relatively fragile nature of the strawberry, approximately 35 percent of the $2.2 billion United States crop was spoiled in 2020.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture found that strawberries contained nearly 8 pesticides per sample. That's more than any other sample of produce, which contained 2.3 pesticides per sample, in ...
To compile the rotten report, the organization combed over a vast amount of test data passed along by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, as well as the Food and Drug Administration — 47,510 ...
Redcurrants, a type of berry derived from a simple (one-locule) inferior ovary Kiwifruit, a berry derived from a compound (many carpellate) superior ovary. In botany, a berry is a fleshy fruit without a stone (pit) produced from a single flower containing one ovary.
The origins of modern large-fruited strawberries can be found in France. In 1714 Fragaria chiloensis , a plant that produces large fruit that is particularly good for eating, was taken from South America to France by a French spy. [ 1 ]
Don’t wash strawberries before storing. According to Dr. Mitcham, you shouldn’t wash strawberries before storing them because moisture will promote fungal growth. Store in the clamshell.
Trees in agroforestry systems can produce wood, fruits, nuts, and other useful products. Agroforestry practices are most prevalent in the tropics, [ 39 ] [ 40 ] especially in subsistence smallholdings areas [ 41 ] such as sub-Saharan Africa.