The missus, who is really loving this growing lark, is also loving the finding and buying anything and everything. If it can be grown, she buys it! And the more unusual it is, the better!
The latest is white strawberries from Wilkinsons.
I've certainly never seen a white strawberry before, so had to look them up. Good news is there are several varieties of white strawberry, so they're definitely strawberries and not some ornamental thing that looks like a strawberry.
A couple of years ago, Waitrose apparently sold a white strawberry called Pineberry. I say apparantly because although newspapers carried articles announcing the Pineberry, the articles were published just before 1st April, so many people seem to think it was just an April fools joke.
In any case, the Pineberry is a genuine white strawberry with red seeds and apparently tastes of pineapple. These white strawberries from Wilkinsons look the same as the Pineberries that were apparently sold in Waitrose.
Apparently, the Pineberry was native to South America and was almost extinct until about 7 or 8 years ago. A group of Dutch farmers grouped together to save the Pineberry. The Wilkinsons white strawberry packet says it was grown in Holland, so maybe it is the Pineberry?
The picture on the Wilkinsons white strawberry packet looks like a picture of a normal large strawberry. However the Pineberry is an alpine strawberry, so it's quite small. We'll have wait and see what it looks like when it grows!
There are some other white strawberry varieties listed on http://strawberryplants.org/2011/03/white-strawberries/ - and it seems there are several other colours too. I like things that are a bit different!
Anyway, the white strawberries have now been planted into pots in the greenhouse. Just got to wait and see how they grow!
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