13 JULY 2019AMATEUR GARDENING 47Crossword
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1 Dried grain stalks make the
first part of the subject of this
week’s Miscellany! (5)
3 Technically, a fleshy fruit
produced from a single ovary
makes the second part of the
subject of this week’s
Miscellany (5)
7 The narcissus cultivar is a
representation someone
revered! (4)
8 Continent of origin for
meconopsis, ophiopogon and
most rhododendron species (4)
9 Fuchsia ‘___ Popple’, sweet
pea ‘___ Bernard Jones’ and
Rhododendron ‘___ J.C.
Williams’ all have this
female title! (3)
11 Genus of the tender hot
or warm water plants (9)
14 Consume, in Chelsea
tent! (3)
16 This standard dwarf
bearded iris variety is also
a top hotel! (4)
17 Another name for the fruit
of the Chinese gooseberry
(Actinidia deliciosa) (4)
18 The ginseng genus (5)
19 Abounding with small,
soft plants known botanically
as musci (5)DOWN
1 Genus of some 300
species of perennial
grasses, known as feather
grass, needle grass and
spear grass (5)
2 Genus of flowering plants,
including the purple bell
vine, in the diascia and
nemesia family (11)
4 Soft fruits often regarded
as being the main
competitor to the subjects of
this week’s Miscellany! (11)
5 Type of single-celled
fungus used in baking
and brewing beer (5)
6 With no rot, the root
vegetable turns into
this vehicle! (3)
9 Sounds like a labyrinth,
but actually it’s Indian
corn (5)
10 Well-grown examples of
the subject of this week’s
Miscellany must be this! (5)
12 Rose hip of figs have
this in common! (5)
13 Well-grown examples
of the subject of this week’s
Miscellany must also be
this! (5)
15 Abbreviated software
downloaded by a user
to a mobile device, found
in apples! (3)ANSWERS TO ABOVE CROSSWORD1 Straw 3 Berry 7 Idol 8 Asia 9 Mrs 11 Achimenes 14 Eat 16 Ritz 17 Kiwi ACROSS18 Panax 19 Mossy1 Stipa 2 Rhodochiton 4 Raspberries 5 Yeast 6 Car 9 Maize 10 Sweet DOWN12 Syrup 13 Juicy 15 AppWow! I didn’t know that...
Not all strawberries have to be red. You can also get
them in yellow and even white. The white ones are called
pineberries (see above), and taste more like pineapple
than strawberry.
The bright-red colour in strawberries comes from the
large amounts of anthocyanidin contained within the fruit
which, recent studies have shown, have antioxidant and
anti-inflammatory properties; they’re thought to protect
against cancer and heart disease.
Low in fat and calorific value, strawberries are also
high in vitamin C, fibre, folic acid and potassium.
Strawberries are the first fruit to ripen in spring.
There is a museum in Wallonia, Belgium – the Musée
de la Fraise – dedicated to strawberries.
Strawberries are one of the earliest fruits mentioned
in literature, featuring in poems in the 1st century AD.
However, they weren’t as sweet in those days, and
many people thought of them as an ornamental fruit
rather than a food.
Freeze-dried strawberries were one of the early
foods provided by NASA to feed astronauts in space.
A strawberry will not ripen once it is picked.
Strawberries have adapted to a wide range of climates
and today are grown in northerly latitudes (like Sweden)
as well as in the baking hot middle of Africa
Strawberries are a member of the rose family.quote about
strawberries
UNTIL larger fruits were
bred in the late 1700s, it was
the tiny-fruited wild strawberry
that people had been enjoying.
So much so, in fact, that the
celebrated physician of the day, William Butler (1535-1618),
said: “Doubtless God could have made a better berry, but
doubtless God never did.”1 2 3 4 567 8101112913141516 17(^1819)
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bred in the late 1700s, it was
the tiny-fruited wild strawberry
that people had been enjoying.
So much so, in fact, that the
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