Musk strawberry
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Musk strawberry
| Musk strawberry | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Rosaceae |
| Genus: | Fragaria |
| Species: | F. moschata |
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| Fragaria moschata Duchesne |
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The musk strawberry (Fragaria moschata), is a species of strawberry native to Europe. Its French name hautbois strawberry is anglicised as hautboy strawberry[1]. The plants are hardy and can survive in many weather conditions and are cultivated commercially on a small scale, particularly in Italy. The fruit are small and round; they are used in the gourmet community for their intense aroma and superb flavour, which has been compared to a mixture of regular strawberry, raspberry and pineapple.[2] Popular cultivated varieties include 'Capron' and 'Profumata di Tortona'.
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Distribution
Musk strawberries grow wild to a limited extent in the forests of Central Europe, north into Scandinavia, and east into Russia. The musk strawberry is found growing along the edges of forests and requires moist and sheltered sites since they do not tolerate temperature fluctuations.
Polyploidy
All strawberries have a base haploid count of 7 chromosomes. Fragaria moschata is hexaploid, having six pairs of these chromosomes for a total of 42 chromosomes.
Cultivation
Musk strawberry have long been in cultivation in parts of Europe. This species was the first strawberry of any sort with a cultivar name, which was Le Chapiron (1576).[2] By 1591, the cultivar was called Chapiton, then later Capiton. In the early 17 Century an illustration appeared in the Hortus Eystettensis as fraga fructu magno. It was mentioned by Quintinye, gardener to Louis XIV, as Capron in 1672.[2] At the beginning of the 19th Century musk strawberries were the most common garden strawberry in Germany.[3]
Cultivation of musk strawberries is not very different from that of garden strawberry (Fragaria × ananassa) or alpine strawberry (Fragaria vesca); the plants thrive in nutrient-rich soils. However, neither female plants nor hermaphrodite plants are self-fertile; they require pollen transfer from a male or a different hermaphrodite clone (or cultivar) of the same species, which is usually achieved by insect pollinators.[4]
Cultivars:
- 'Capron royal', hermaphrodite
- 'Askungen' (Truedsson) hermaphrodite
- 'Marie Charlotte' (Hans) hermaphrodite
- 'Bauwens', female
- Fragaria moschata 'Capron)', female
- 'Profumata di Tortona', female
- 'Siegerland', female
- 'Cotta', male
Notes
- ^ Karp, David. "Berried Treasure". The Smithsonian Magazine. http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/strawberry.html. Retrieved 1/28/12.
- ^ a b c Reich, Lee (2004). Uncommon Fruits for Every Garden. Timber Press. pp. 34–35. ISBN 0-88192-623-X.
- ^ Wachsmuth, Brigitte: Von Monats-, Wald- und Moschuserdbeeren 20-28. In: Gartenpraxis 35 4/2009
- ^ Wachsmuth, Brigitte: Von Monats-, Wald- und Moschuserdbeeren 20-28. In: Gartenpraxis 35 4/2009
External links
- F. moschata information from GRIN Taxonomy Database
- F. moschata information from Ibiblio's Plants for a Future database
- Den Virtuella Floran Swedish site with good photos of F. moschata.
- Smithsonian Magazine Article on F. moschata
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