[strawberryshortcake]

found a new strawberry on ebay 'pineberry' , its a white fruit with a taste of pineapple ! has anyone tried them?

[DD.]

Welcome to the forums.

Never tried it, Wiki describes it as a small berry with low crop yield.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pineberry

[strawberryshortcake]

thanks for the welcome  , just a bit of a novelty i think . may be worth a try for a bit of a change (and to get the kids to eat more fruit ) . hope its not the april fools that wiki says it maybe , as ive ordered some!

[DD.]

It looks as though there's plenty of other references to it to allay the April Fool's joke suspicion!

[Ice]

Not an April fool joke, they've been advertising them for weeks on a shopping channel.

[digalotty]

they sell them at wilko  

these have been discussed in lenth on the facebook campaighn page .
if you are a facebook member please take a look and feel free to join ,    all new members welcome.
http://www.facebook.com/groups/107447489292198/

[Ian_A]

I popped in 30 of these a couple of years ago, courtesy of a friend.

It's really nothing quite like a pineapple in taste but it does have a tangy flavour to it. It actually gives a very decent yield: not significantly less than my normal strawberries. Ok, the fruit is smaller - but there is lots of it.

[digalotty]

do they grow white fruit off the runners or do they go back to red
hope that dont sound daft

[jay001]

hi and welcome Dont worry they do exist,my fiancee over in ohio grew them last year and even though they  dont produce as much fruit as others (what do i know only been gardening for 3 weeks  -i just go on information from others) she did it to confuse the birds which worked cos she got the same return as her other ("normal plants" )so there you are --- believe!!