1. Is a strawberry a fruit, berry, or other?
2. Where were strawberries first cultivated?
3. What did Romans in the 13th century use
strawberries for?
This quiz was taken from Pome a publication of
the Home Orchard society. Answers are:
1. The strawberry is actually a swollen part
of the stem and for biological classification
is not a fruit or berry.
2. The first berries were cultivated in the
16th and 17th centuries.
3. The Romans gathered wild strawberries and
used them for medicinal purposes.
