Where+did+the+strawberry+come+from?

=The History of the Str **awberry... ** = =Europe=


 * Romans grew and used them as early as 200 BC and in mediaeval times
 * strawberries were an aphrodisiac
 * Newly weds ate strawberry soup and soured cream for their wedding breakfast

Americas

 * Native Americans Indians had strawberries before colonists arrived, possibly from Canary Islands
 * 1780, first strawberry hybrid developed in US
 * large strawberries found in Chile