The Pineberry is a strawberry cultivar. They were
publicized in Germany in April 2009, as Ananaserdbeere, or pineapple
strawberry. It is a hybrid of Fragaria chiloensis, originating in South
America, and Fragaria virginiana, originating in North America, the same
parentage as the garden strawberry Fragaria × ananassa. A pineberry is smaller
than a common strawberry, measuring between 15 to 23 mm (0.6 to 0.9 in). When ripe, it is almost completely white, but with red "seeds"
(achenes). "The fruit flesh can range from soft white to orange and is
very fragrant with a slight pineapple flavor," said Greg Goddard, the
co-creator.[citation needed] The plant is disease resistant, but is not very
profitable, due to small-scale farming, small berry size and low yield
crop.
The Pineberry has been marketed to European restaurants,
bakeries and wholesale markets. The berry has been dubbed the Pineberry for the
UK market where it became available in 2011. White strawberries are
not rare; garden supply stores in the UK have other white varieties of
strawberry called White Soul and White Delight. Unlike the pineberry,
these however are Fragaria vesca cultivars; the strawberries these plants
produce are generally smaller and more fragrant.
Pineberries were nearly extinct until 2003, when Dutch farmers
saved the plant. The farmers found the plant in France and decided to grow
it commercially. As a result of many selections over time, the plants they
found yielded only one or two berries per plant. The farmers took cuttings and
grew hundreds of plants and selected the healthy ones. This was repeated for
six years until they had healthy plants.
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