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Article: WALLOW IN LUSCIOUS STRAWBERRIES.(Living)
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- The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH)
- Article date:
- April 28, 2004
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Byline: Emily Green Los Angeles Times
Strawberries don't wait for you to find them. They beckon. Their botanical name, "Fragaria," means fragrance, and it's their sudden perfume in farmers markets, stall after stall, that signals the start of a new fruit season. From April through June, they're at their sweetest, with that unique combination of firmness, seedy interest and intense rush of juice.
One has to study the plant's caning habit in the ground to appreciate its standing as a member of the rose family. Like the flowers, they've been bred to emphasize the qualities we relish. The berry we eat is the result of a marriage of two American species, ...