Species F. × ananassa Scientific name Fragaria ananassa | Cultivar Pineberry Rank Hybrid | |
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Similar Strasberry, Fragaria chiloensis, Wild strawberry, Tayberry, Virginia strawberry | ||
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Pineberry is an albino strawberry cultivar with a pineapple-like flavor, white coloring, and red seeds.
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Description
Pineberry is based on the original strawberry hybrids that arose in cultivation in Europe, with recent selective breeding to improve the plants. It is a hybrid of Fragaria chiloensis, originating in South America, and Fragaria virginiana, originating in North America, the same parentage as the garden strawberry Fragaria × ananassa. The first commercial cultivation occurred in 2010 in the Netherlands and Belgium.
A pineberry is smaller than a common strawberry, measuring between 15 to 23 mm (0.6 to 0.9 in). When ripe, it is almost completely white, but with red "seeds" (achenes). The plant is disease resistant, but is not very profitable, due to small-scale farming, small berry size and low yield. Pineberries are available in the spring and summer.
History
Pineberry was first sold commercially in the United States in 2012.
Pineberry has been marketed to restaurants, bakeries and wholesale markets in Europe and Dubai. The berry was dubbed "pineberry" for the UK market where it became available in 2011.
