Pineberry

Has anyone ever grown any? They are white strawberries (aparently what the red ones were developed from) but which taste a bit like pineapple. I have some seed and if I can grow them it will be a taliking point locally. I have read some reviews on flavour, some say delicious and some say insipid. I suppose if they were really good they would still be grown.

OOoo-errr it seems it depends where you look. I'm not really bothered where they came from but it seems someone's been telling me porkies. You are right it seems, according to   http://strawberryplants.org/2010/09/pineberry-pineberries/     

Hoping we won't need a greenhouse with the sort of summers we are supposed to have, but if we gat plants I may bring them in for the worst of the winter.

Alpine strawberries are different - they are very small. I think i read that there was a King of France who had a very large area of land given over to growing them - you need a lot of them to make anything substantial as the fruits are indeed very small.
http://www.vegetablegardener.com/item/3473/alpine-strawberries
I grow some alpine strawberries at home and on the plot - I just eat a few direct from the plant... no point taking them home as they'd be laughed out of the kitchen - but I like 'em, small that they are.

The pineberry is basically a modern strawberry that has been selected over generations to promote/enhance the taste of pineapple that someone had tasted in a particular plant. From tosca's link it seems that there are strawberry breeders who are close to releasing a pineberry that will have fruit as big and reliable as other (modern) strawberries but with the pineapple taste. Could be interesting...

Pip pip,
Balders

Hi Tosca,
I have them growing on my plot and do be honest I am not that impressed with them. They are now going on to their 3rd year and the yield has been pitiful- only a handful of berries over a couple of dozen plants albeit very nice tasting and the pineapple hint is there. The berries themselves are quite small also, I grew them alongside the regular strawberries and they beat the pineberries hands down.


Dmg

I got mine from dmg (thanks) -

doesn't sound too promising for me (or Kevin67 who I sent some runners last week) 

Oh well, can but try.

Pip pip,
Balders