STRAWBERRY & WILD STRAWBERRY LIQUEUR 7.6 oz

Ingredients- organic strawberries, organic sugar, organic lemon juice, pectin, wild strawberry liqueur

STRAWBERRY RHUBARB WITH CANDIED GINGER 7.6 OZ

Ingredients- organic strawberries, organic rhubarb, organic sugar, organic lemon juice, organic candied ginger, organic hibiscus flower

The strawberry has been known by western culture for more than two centuries.  Romans, and possibly the Greeks, appreciated the tiny wood strawberry, Fragaria vesca , that continues to exist today.  The French, in particular, were zealous consumers of strawberries that they cultivated as long ago as the 14th century.  It is said that the French king, Charles V, had more than 5,000 strawberry plants in his gardens.

Today, modern strawberries derive their genetic base from two New World species, Fragaria virginiana and Fragaria chiloensis .  Eary European settlers introduced both the small, wild Virginian strawberry and the large, wild Chilean strawberry in the 17th and 18th centuries.  A Frenchman named Nicolas Duchesne, who was familiar with both, crossed the two to produce the large, flavorful berry that has dominated the attention of cultivators since.

The strawberry is known by agricultural workers in California as, la fruita del diablo -- " the fruit of the devil".  This dubious distinction results from the back-breaking work and the heavy use of noxious chemicals that often accompanies their commercial production.