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Post by nutsberryfarm 🏜 on Feb 8, 2021 15:19:29 GMT
 www.fox13news.com/news/university-of-florida-attempting-to-grow-white-strawberries-in-sunshine-stateDr. Vance Whitaker, an associate professor of horticulture, helps develop a variety of strawberries in Florida – trying to come up with the sweetest and heartiest strawberries for Florida farmers. "In 2012, a friend of mine sent me some seeds. He had gone to Japan on a trip, bought some white strawberries in a market and saved the seed and sent them to me," he told FOX 13. "That was the genesis of figuring out how do you get white color into a Florida strawberry." The strawberries are not genetically modified, Whitaker said. "White or light-colored strawberries exist in nature," he explained. "In Japan, where they’ve really bred them to be something that’s a really high-quality product that’s available to anyone in the supermarket." Whitaker said part of the reason why the UF team wants to bring it to Florida markets and farms is, well, it tastes good. "As it turns out, people really like them," he said. "‘Wow, I think I might like this better than a red strawberry.’ I’ve actually had a number of people say that to me." It is a very interesting flavor profile. While it looks like a reverse strawberry – white with red seeds rather than red with white seeds – it has a subtle pineapple taste but with a strawberry essence. It’s hard to describe, Whitaker said.
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Post by Jep Gambardella on Feb 8, 2021 15:48:12 GMT
I've seen them for sale in Japan. It's not quite true that they are "available to anyone in the supermarket" - they are horribly expensive!
They have this thing in Japan where high-quality fruit can fetch mind-boggling prices. You can see mangoes or melons that cost over US$100 each.
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Post by enigma72 on Feb 8, 2021 17:11:19 GMT
nutsberryfarm 🏜 they don't look appetizing to me. I think red foods are great like tomatoes and red peppers. Florida has such a wet climate, they should develop non=moldy strawberries. this is a fools task. making them sweeter might be okay. lol what do you think?
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Post by ZolotoyRetriever on Feb 8, 2021 18:23:08 GMT
nutsberryfarm 🏜, just hope the Cancel Culture doesn't get wind of this, lol.
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Post by nutsberryfarm 🏜 on Feb 10, 2021 5:48:26 GMT
nutsberryfarm 🏜 they don't look appetizing to me. I think red foods are great like tomatoes and red peppers. Florida has such a wet climate, they should develop non=moldy strawberries. this is a fools task. making them sweeter might be okay. lol what do you think? sounds good to me! looking fwd to getting some florida honeybell oranges this year---haven't seen them yet!
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Post by TutuAnimationPrincess on Feb 12, 2021 0:22:43 GMT
I'd eat them if offered to me. Definitely an interesting appearance.
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Post by sunshine on Feb 15, 2021 0:31:58 GMT
I've bought plants of white strawberries two different times, but never had luck with them.
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Post by llanwydd on Feb 17, 2021 12:04:30 GMT
You would probably have to serve them on a colored plate.
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Post by nutsberryfarm 🏜 on Feb 17, 2021 13:30:52 GMT
I've bought plants of white strawberries two different times, but never had luck with them. What happened? |
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Post by sunshine on Feb 18, 2021 20:02:48 GMT
I've bought plants of white strawberries two different times, but never had luck with them. What happened? I'm not sure. They just didn't thrive and then died. I haven't had good luck with gardening the past few years though.
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