Organic Strawberry Anaïs (everbearing) - Fragaria ananassa

The Anaïs Organic Strawberry produces delicious strawberries regularly and over a long period from the end of May to the first frost in October. Its strawberries are ovoid in shape, medium-sized, between 10 and 15 g, and a bright red colour, very tasty. Their flesh is highly fragrant, juicy, and well-balanced between sweetness and acidity. In addition to these qualities, it is a variety resistant to strawberry diseases. Pair it with a non-remontant variety like Gariguette for a high early-season production!

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Strawberries can be consumed in multiple ways: they can be eaten as is, with sugar or cream, or sliced thinly and dried before being incorporated into muesli or yoghurt. If you have a bountiful harvest, consider making jams, sauces, pies, ice creams, or sorbets. You can also freeze strawberries.

There are three categories of strawberry varieties:

- Wild strawberries or repeating strawberries, producing small fruits from June to October

- Non-repeat flowering large-fruited varieties, flowering only once a year in spring, producing huge fruits around June

- Repeat flowering large-fruited varieties, flowering twice a year or continuously, producing large fruits from June to October

The wild strawberry or woodland strawberry, present in Roman times and the Middle Ages, was crossed in the 18th century with a species brought back from Chile, allowing for the development, through successive selections, of different large-fruited varieties.

The Strawberry is a hardy perennial belonging to the Rosaceae family. This variety has a stocky habit, with evergreen, ovate, and dentate trifoliate leaves. It produces small white flowers with a golden centre that transforms into large red fruits. Botanically speaking, we refer to strawberries as pseudocarps, with the achenes (seeds) appearing on the skin's surface.

For harvesting, pick the fruits as they ripen every 2 or 3 days, ideally in the morning. Strawberries are delicate, so choose them with their stem by pinching the stem 1 to 2 cm (0 to 1in) above it. The texture of the fruit is a good indicator of ripeness. It should be firm and slightly soft to the touch. Strawberries are rich in vitamins and minerals. They can cause itching for some individuals as they stimulate the release of histamine in the body.