Comments by "Helen Trope" (@heliotropezzz333) on "The Unbelievable History of Strawberries" video.

  1. On my birthdays I started a habit of going for walks in central London. I remember visiting an area near The Old Mitre pub that had lots of Tudor and medieval history and it was said that strawberries were grown there. The land belonged to the Bishop of Ely. This would have been in the 16th century and maybe going further back. I wonder what the strawberries would have looked and tasted like in those times. At the time I didn't think about it but just imagined they would have been like modern day strawberries. 'In Shakespeare ’s Richard III, Gloucester tells the Bishop of Ely: " My Lord of Ely, when I was last in Holborn, I saw good strawberries in your garden there. I do beseech you, send for some of them ".
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  2. I don't know if it's relevant to the name but it's often recommended to place straw under strawberries to keep the slugs off.
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  3.  @yyuammie  I had wild strawberries growing in my garden like weeds. It's been hard getting rid of them as I've just been pulling them up. They like the shade. The leaves grow bigger in the shade, but the berries are small, gritty in texture, and flavourless.
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