Musk Strawberry
Welcome to our website. It is generaly simplier version of wikipedia. You will find there selected articles. Enjoy!
The musk strawberry (Fragaria moschata), is a species of strawberry native to Europe. Its French name hautbois strawberry is anglicised as hautboy strawberry.
Musk strawberries grow wild to a limited extent in the forests of Central Europe, north into Scandinavia, and east into Russia. It was the first strawberry of any sort with a cultivar name, which was Le Chapiron (1576). By 1591, the cultivar was called Chapiton, then later Capiton. It was mentioned by Quintinye, gardener to Louis XIV, as Capron in 1672.
It is used in the gourmet community for its intense aroma and superb flavour, which has been compared to a mixture of regular strawberry, raspberry and pineapple. The berries are small and round. They are hardy plants that can survive in many weather conditions and are cultivated commercially on a small scale, particularly in Italy. Popular cultivated varieties include Capron and Profumata di Tortona.
Contents |
Polyploidy
All strawberries have a base haploid count of 7 chromosomes. Fragaria moschata is hexaploid, having six pairs of these chromosomes for a total of 42 chromosomes.
See also
Notes
- ^ a b c Reich, Lee (2004). Uncommon Fruits for Every Garden. Timber Press. pp. 34–35. ISBN 088192623X.
External links
- F. moschata information from GRIN Taxonomy Database
- F. moschata information from Ibiblio's Plants for a Future database
- Den Virtuella Floran Swedish site with good photos of F. moschata.
- Smithsonian Magazine Article on F. moschata
 |
This fruit-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
Thanks for your time.