10 fun facts about strawberries

 

Here are 10 strawberries fun facts that you should know

1 - The average strawberry has 200 seeds 

2 - Strawberries are the first fruit to ripen in the spring.

3 - Native Americans were eating way before strawberries before Europeans landed in North America.

4 - Ancient Romans used the berries to treat everything from depression to fever and sore throats.

5 - The strawberry plant is a perennial.  Plant one and it will come back year after year.

 

           6 - Strawberries may be white, blue/purple                                   yellow/golden as well as red/pink. 

        7 - Strawberries are a member of the rose family.

     8 - Strawberries contain more vitamin C than oranges.

   

              9 - Strawberries at room temperature are                                       sweeter than cold strawberries. .

   10 - There is a museum in Belgium just for strawberries