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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t know the answer here in the US, but just as a side note I’m from Russia and there we have these “wild strawberries” that are small, like a pinky nail, and they are by far the most delicious berries ever. Very sweet and far more fragrant than strawberries. Some people try to garden them there, but they’re truly best grown in the wild. (We would go into the woods for berry picking). [/quote]

Absolute yes to this: I grew up in northern Minnesota where wild strawberries are also abundant (and raspberries and blueberries). Very intense flavor. When I was a kid there in a small town, we never saw strawberries in the grocery stores so my only encounter with domesticated strawberries was on visits to an aunt and uncle who grew them in their garden on their farm. Not as huge as today's varieties but I remember being amazed. I think the gigantic strawberries now are often bland. The ones we'd pick were about the size of a decent sized supermarket blueberry now. The other wild berries were also smaller than their store counterparts. My mom would make jams and raspberry sauce (basically just canned raspberries) and blueberry pie. Amazing. [/quote]

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