- May is national strawberry month.
Strawberry fun facts like the Carolinas having two strawberry seasons because of their temperate and similar spring and fall seasons is just the start these facts.
- The majority of the roots of strawberry plants are located in
the top 3 inches of soil. - Some think the berries got their name from the fact that the berries are “strewn” about, and that “strewn berry,” like through a telephone game, the name morphed into “strawberry.”
- Native Americans have been eating strawberries before Europeans came to North America. Did you know this as one of the oldest strawberry fun facts?
- Peak harvesting season in California is April through June.
- Strawberries are grown in all of the states and Canadian provinces.
- Americans eat about 1.8 pounds of frozen strawberries a year.
- The flavor is influenced by weather, variety, and ripeness once the strawberries are picked.
- Each year, 23,000 acres of strawberries are planted in California.
- The perfect temperature for strawberry plants is between 55 and 78 degrees.
- Strawberries are produced via runners.
- One of several stories about how strawberries got their name is it came from the 19th century practice of placing straw around the ground where the berries grow, that protects the fruit.
- About 1 billion pounds of strawberries are produced each year solely in the state of California. This is the best of the strawberry fun facts!
- In California, each acre of land produces an average of 21 tons of strawberries every year.
- Each strawberry petal averages five to seven petals.
- 94% of American households consume these berries.
- On average, Americans eat 3.4 pounds of fresh strawberries a year.
- Strawberries are the first fruit that ripens in the spring.
- Technically berries have seeds on the inside and they don’t come from a single ovary, so strawberries are really in a group all their own.
- 10 million baskets of strawberries are shipped daily during harvest time in California.
- In ancient Greece, the strawberry was a symbol for Venus, the Goddess of Love.
- Strawberries can be produced via seed, by planting one seed in the ground.
- The average strawberry has 200 seeds.
- North Carolina is ranked third in production of these berries, with about 1,600 acres.
- Every plant is hand-picked about every three days when it comes to strawberries.
- One acre of land can grow about 50,000 pounds of strawberries.
- Florida is second in production with about 5,000 commercial acres of the berries planted.
- Ancient Romans used strawberries to treat everything from depression to fever and sore throats. There is nothing better than strawberry fun facts like this.
- California produces 75% of strawberry crops in the U.S.
- Giant strawberries can be as big as apples.
- Who named the strawberry is tied back several stories, one to English children who picked them, strung them through grass straws and sold them as “straws of berries.”
- Back in the times when Native Americans ruled the land, strawberries were known as “heart-seed berries.” They pounded these berries into cornmeal bread which the
colonists made their own version of, known in modern times are strawberry shortcake. - Legend says if you split a double strawberry with someone it will make you fall in love.
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