Pineapple strawberry (variety)
The name " pineapple strawberry " was originally a common name for today's garden strawberry , in Austria it is still common today. Around 1750, the species Fragaria virginiana - it comes from North America - and Fragaria chiloensis with South American origin were planted together in France ; the hybrid of the two parent species was called Fraisier pineapple .
A virus-free clone of the cultivar 'White Ananas' (actually 'Lennig's White') of garden strawberries is marketed under the name Pineberry (“pineapple berry”) . In contrast to the usual strawberries, the fruits are not red, but whitish with red nuts . The aroma is reminiscent of pineapple . With a diameter of 15–23 mm, the fruits are significantly smaller than ordinary strawberry varieties. White strawberry varieties have been known since the 18th century but are not grown on a larger scale.
Origin and Breeding
The Dutch breeder Hans de Jongh started breeding some plants from France in 2003, and after six years he achieved marketable plants. The company VitalBerry BV has the strawberries produced by Beekers Berries and markets them under the name Pineberries , and since 2014 the plants under the ambiguous name Natural Albino . However, it is not an albino form .
In addition, other clones are available under different trade names: White Dream , Anablanca , Anabella , Natural White . Seeds can also be found in stores, but it is questionable whether the variety is real, as it is a hybrid.
The seeds can be sown from January to March. The fruits are initially green, then turn whiter and are ripe when the nuts turn a red color.
Offer in Great Britain
In 2010 the British supermarket chain Waitrose offered Pineberries for the first time . Due to the publication date of the news - it was March 31, 2010 - parts of the population initially assumed an April Fool's joke . These suspicions were also fueled by the fact that Waitrose fruit "Pinana", a mix of pineapple (in March 2009 pineapple ) and banana ( banana announced), which later turned out to be April Fool's joke. On the occasion of the restart of sales in 2011, the company ruled out an April Fool's joke again.
Individual evidence
- ^ Henri-Louis Duhamel du Monceau Traité des Arbres Fruitiers Tome I, Paris 1768
- ^ JM Merrick The Strawberry, and Its Culture , Boston 1870
- ↑ Specialization in strawberry cultivation (PDF; 926 kB) fragariaholland.nl. Retrieved April 11, 2011.
- ↑ Pineberries, the Strawberry that tastes like a Pineapple . Vitalberry.eu. March 31, 2010. Archived from the original on March 16, 2011. Retrieved April 11, 2011.
- ↑ Introducing the Inside Out Strawberry - The Pineberry . Igrowveg.com. March 30, 2000. Archived from the original on March 6, 2012. Retrieved April 15, 2013.
- ↑ James Tozer: 'Pineapple' strawberries on sale: Pineberries and cream, the new summer treat? . Dailymail.co.uk. Retrieved April 11, 2011.
- ↑ Pinanas. wikibin, accessed April 14, 2011 .
- ↑ Wednesday, April 1, 2009: Waitrose Pinanas - April Fool creative 2009. nickburcher.com, accessed April 14, 2011 (English).
- ↑ It's no joke, Pineberries are back at Waitrose . The Waitrose Press Center. March 30, 2011. Archived from the original on April 18, 2011. Retrieved on April 11, 2011.