{"id":8013,"date":"2010-08-26T02:28:10","date_gmt":"2010-08-26T09:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/?p=8013"},"modified":"2017-05-25T05:24:39","modified_gmt":"2017-05-25T12:24:39","slug":"a-strawberry-is-not-a-berry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/2010\/08\/a-strawberry-is-not-a-berry\/","title":{"rendered":"A Strawberry is Not a Berry"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pf-content\"><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/howto.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-8014 size-medium\" title=\"howto\" src=\"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/howto-e1495715075134-340x261.jpg\" width=\"340\" height=\"261\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/howto-e1495715075134-340x261.jpg 340w, http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/howto-e1495715075134.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 340px) 100vw, 340px\" \/><\/a>Myth: Strawberrys are berrys.<\/p>\n<p>Strawberries are not berries. They actually are an example of an &#8220;aggregate fruit&#8221;, forming from a flower that has many ovaries; the ovary being the part of the flower that eventually develops and ripens into a fruit. Once the ovaries are pollinated, the ovaries will swell and eventually form the strawberry as we think of it.<\/p>\n<p>As noted, strawberries form from a flower that has many ovaries. This makes them a complex fruit, much like blackberries or raspberries. Actual berries, though, are what are known as &#8220;simple fruits&#8221;, meaning they form from a flower that has only one ovary, such as grapes.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"bonusfacts\">Bonus<\/span> Facts:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Examples of actual berries that most people don&#8217;t think of as such include: bananas, tomatoes, and watermelons.<\/li>\n<li>The garden strawberry was first bred in France in 1840 by crossing a Gragaria virginiana, from North America, with a Gradaria chiloensis, from Chile. The former was noted for its great flavor and the latter was known for its large size.<\/li>\n<li>Strawberry plants are rarely propagated by seeds anymore; rather, they are generally propagated by cutting off runners from existing plants.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<span class=\"collapseomatic \" id=\"id69effb74510a4\"  tabindex=\"0\" title=\"Expand for References:\"    >Expand for References:<\/span><div id=\"target-id69effb74510a4\" class=\"collapseomatic_content \">\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Berry\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Berry\" target=\"_blank\">Berry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Are strawberries berries?\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ag.ohio-state.edu\/~news\/story.php?id=2554\" target=\"_blank\">Are strawberries berries?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Garden Strawberry\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Garden_strawberry\" target=\"_blank\">Garden Strawberry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Aggregate Fruit\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fruit#Aggregate_fruit\" target=\"_blank\">Aggregate Fruit<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Myth: Strawberrys are berrys. Strawberries are not berries. They actually are an example of an &#8220;aggregate fruit&#8221;, forming from a flower that has many ovaries; the ovary being the part of the flower that eventually develops and ripens into a fruit. Once the ovaries are pollinated, the ovaries will swell and eventually form the strawberry as we think of it. 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