Strawberries rank between the most liked small fruits in home gardens. One grows them through all American states, and usually they are the first that ripen during the spring. In the Northeast the buds for flowers appear in the autumn and stay covered by layers of straw during the whole winter.

Therefore, a wave of early spring heat can push the plants to faster growth, what causes the flowers to open early. Fully ripe strawberries have full redness, firmness and sweet smell.

Strawberries: How They Grow and Why They Are Good

The strawberry for gardening, that scientists call Fragaria × ananassa, one most commonly grows as a hybrid variety spread around the world because of its fruits. The group Fragaria belongs to the family of pinks, Rosaceae, and is made up of more than 20 described species together with many hybrids and breeds. Folks like the fruit because of its nice smell, shining red, juicy shape and sweetness.

The strawberries owe fully their taste, that includes heavenly scnet, that surprisingly matches with that taste.

The strawberry, that one finds in grocery stores today, truly is a crossing between the strawberry of Virginia from east North American forests, that stores much sugar, and the strawberry of Chile, that is big, but not this sweet. Big store strawberries commonly stress the looks more than the taste. In some regions the season of strawberries lasts only briefly, however the desire, that fruits be available during the hole year, leads to less tasty berries, that travel long ways.

Although one calls it berry, the strawberry technically is a whole side fruit. The fleshy part is a cup, that bears up to 200 separate ovaries, that dot the surface. Those ovaries, called achenes, form the real fruit of the plant, and each carries a seed.

The plant of strawberry itself is short, shallow rooted and lasting.

Strawberries commonly appear in preserves, cakes, drinks and sweets. They work well as topping for pancakes. If one mixes them with spinach and cheese of goats, one gets a fresh and tasty salad; they also go well with balsamic dressing and blue cheese.

If one blends strawberries with sheets of mint, adds a bit of sugar or simple syrup, later one pours seltzer up, that gives a fresh summer drink. Cut them into a jar and leave to chill to create tasty water inspired by strawberries. If one cooks strawberries with sugar until it jams, almost as preserve, one gets nice topping for ice.

Around eight strawberries or about one cup counts as one serving of fruit. Strawberries are rich in vitamin C and have few calories. They also give potassium.

The fiber forms around 26% of the content of carbohydrates. If one eats only one serving daily, that can help toimprove heart health and lower blood pressure.