FROM THE FORESTS AND MEADOWS TO THE GARDENS...THE DOMESTICATION OF BERRIES

摘要

The parent species of garden strawberry Fragaria x ananassa spread on the plain and mountainous areas of Eurasia after the last Ice Age. One of its species, Fragaria chiloensis got into Europe from Chile and Virginia strawberry (F. virginiana) nativeto North America is also present in breeding. There are three species native to Hungary: wild strawberry (F. vesca) lives from the plains to Alpine regions, musk strawberry (F. moschata) appears in similar regions, but it prefers less calcareous soils; F. viridis lives in the wild, primarily on more calcareous soils.