On Thu, 4 May 2000 07:12:11 -0400, Todd Moody <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >On Wed, 3 May 2000, Ingrid Bauer/J-C Catry wrote: > >> strawberries are natives of europe too. > >I stand corrected. I was working from an article that listed >strawberries and indigenous New World foods, which they are, but >they are not *uniquely* New World foods, since the Romans knew >about them. I you you both were right. The normal big "garden"-strawberry comes from america, from europe stems the very small and tasty wood-strawberry. Same applies to many apples and gooseberries and many trees. Most commercial available strawberries are the new world originating. New- or old world whatever it may mean - for me personally the small wood strawberries are much more tasty than the big ones which often only taste like - water. I wiped out the last garden strawberries against some wood strawberries beneath the bushes, and a some of intermediates. regards Amadeus S.