what does a strawberry come from
The garden strawberry was first bred in Brittany, France, in the 1750s via a cross of Fragaria virginiana from eastern North America and Fragaria chiloensis, which was brought from Chile by Amedee-AmÃ©dÃ©e Francois franÃ§ois frezier. frÃ©zier in 1714he strawberry fruit was mentioned in ancient Roman literature in reference to its medicinal use. The French began taking the strawberry from the forest to their gardens for harvest in the 14th century.
The strawberry the Romans feasted upon would bear little resemblance to what you would acknowledge as a strawberry from the grocery store today. That being said, Vavilov (the 'Father' of the study of botanical origins) placed the strawberry's centre of origin as South America, specifically Chile.