The Unbelievable History of Strawberries

In this video, we take a look at the unbelievable story behind one of the world's favorite fruits - The strawberry. The following music performed by Kevin Macleod Available under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license. Download available at incompetech.com Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G, Movement I (Allegro), BWV 1049 [orig. by JS Bach] Accralate Heavy Heart Yonder Hill and Dale Eine Kleine NachtMusik Sources and further reading [1] Darrow, George M. "The Strawberry: History, Breeding, and Physiology." Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc., 1966. [2] Welsh, Martin. "Strawberries." National Vegetable Society. Archived by Wayback Machine. https://web.archive.org/web/20080802231801/http://www.nvsuk.org.uk/growing_show_vegetables_1/strawberry.php [3] Grubinger, Vern. "History of the Strawberry." The University of Vermont, 2012. https://www.uvm.edu/vtvegandberry/factsheets/strawberryhistory.html [4] "Strawberry: A Brief History." Integrated Pest Management, University of Missouri, 2012. https://ipm.missouri.edu/meg/2012/5/Strawberry-A-Brief-History/ [5] "Strawberry." Encyclopedia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/plant/strawberry [6] Driscoll-Woodford, Heather. "Wimbledon's Strawberries and Cream Has Tudor Roots." BBC News, 23, June, 2010. http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/surrey/hi/people_and_places/newsid_8756000/8756132.stm [7] Bilton, Sam. A Berry Old Tradition: The History of English Strawberries." EnglishHeritage.org, 29 June, 2017. https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/inspire-me/blog/blog-posts/a-brief-history-of-english-strawberries/ [8] Bailey, L. H. “Whence Came the Cultivated Strawberry.” The American Naturalist, vol. 28, no. 328, 1894, pp. 293–306. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/2451838. [9] Geggel, Laura. "Why Are Bananas Berries, But Strawberries Aren't?" LiveScience, 12 Jan, 2017. https://www.livescience.com/57477-why-are-bananas-considered-berries.html [10] Hancock, James & Sjulin, T.M. & Lobos, Gustavo. (2008). Strawberries. 10.1007/978-1-4020-6907-9-13. [11] "Strawberry Shortcake." Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shortcake#Strawberry_shortcake [12] "Strawberry." Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strawberry Picture Attributions By Ivar Leidus - Own work, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=114685374 By Dietmar Rabich, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=40710041 By Ivar Leidus - Own work, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=96954426 By Björn S... - Wild Strawberry - Fragaria vesca, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=40038641 By Reinhold Möller, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=106936945 By Ivar Leidus - Own work, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=107958813 By User:Midnightblueowl, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=38559469 By flemming christiansen - originally posted to Flickr as Strawberry flower and guest, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=7094627 By Alpsdake - Own work, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=26169165 By Jonathunder - Own work, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=8384635 By Wendell Smith - wild strawberries and ground ivy, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=79749799 By Andreas Tille - Own work, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=136095 By Micolo J from Shrewsbury, England - Strawberries and cream, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=33799653 By Large open field, Haddon Fields by Andrew Hill, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=109970657 By Llez - Own work, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=10483011 By Forest & Kim Starr, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=6153773 By Irvinetustin - Own work, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=107391071 By JVRKPRASAD - Own work, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=67744202 By Walter Siegmund (talk) - Own work, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=35974454 By Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz - Own work, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=99858109 By Franco Folini - originally posted to Flickr as Beach Strawberry (Fragaria chiloensis), https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=8201705 By Jamain - Own work, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=27600882 By Maksym Kozlenko - https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=93884051 By © Tomas Castelazo, www.tomascastelazo.com / Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=93006552 https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=36655855 By BKP - https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=30533688 By Kritzolina - https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=109968997 By Marc-Lautenbacher - https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=83289885 By Kyle McDonald - Strawberries, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=68531955 By NIraj Suryawanshi - https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=21953852