Strawberry
๐ In short
The strawberry is a sweet, red, heart-shaped fruit that grows on a small plant close to the ground. Its flowers are small, white and fragrant, and its fruit starts greenish-white, then turns red as it ripens.
๐คฉ Did you know?
- A strawberry has about 200 seeds.
- Strawberries are rich in vitamin C.
- Strawberries ripen in spring and early summer.
- Strawberries are made into jam, juice and desserts.
๐ Find out more
๐ Seeds on the outside
The strawberry is almost the only fruit with its seeds on the outside! One strawberry has about two hundred tiny seeds.
๐ Creeping runners
A strawberry plant sends out thin stems called runners that creep along the ground, and at the end a new plant grows and puts roots into the soil. That's how strawberries spread quickly.
๐ก From the rose family
The strawberry belongs to the rose family, like apples and apricots. In spring its white flowers look like little wild roses.
๐ฏ Grow them at home
You can grow strawberries in a pot on the balcony. Put them in the sun and water them regularly, and you'll pick delicious red strawberries yourself.
๐ธ More pictures
๐งฉ Test yourself
1 Where are a strawberry's seeds?
2 What shape is a strawberry?
3 A strawberry has about ?? seeds.
4 Which picture shows โStrawberryโ?
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๐ท Picture sources: Wikimedia Commons
- Ivar Leidus ยท CC BY-SA 4.0
- Copyright ยฉ 2005 David Monniaux ยท CC BY-SA 3.0
- Clover Thomas ยท CC BY-SA 4.0
- Ivar Leidus ยท CC BY-SA 4.0
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