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Strawberry? Pineapple? Pineberry!!
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-04-01 16:40
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A new kind of fruit surnamed pineberry with a shape of strawberry and a taste of pineapple hit Britain stores Wednesday. [Xinhua] |
A new kind of fruit surnamed pineberry with a shape of strawberry and a taste of pineapple hit Britain stores Wednesday, according to a UK newspaper.
The fruit looks like the faded strawberry, and is only in season for the next five weeks.
The fruit originated in South America where it grew wild. It has the same genetic make-up as the common strawberry.
It had been near to extinction until seven years ago when Dutch farmers saved it.
Now it is grown commercially in glasshouses, turning from green to white and are ripe when the seeds turn dark red.
