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Anyone else finding these? Small but delicious.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 21 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I remember my first wild strawberry. The sweetness was unparalleled. It's something everyone should try once.

[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (4 children)

Maybe I just had an unripe one once, but it was completely red on the outside like in OP's images but when I bit into it, it was completely white and bitter

Wild blueberries on the other hand...

[โ€“] [email protected] 24 points 6 months ago (2 children)

There's a plant called false or mock strawberries that looks incredibly similar but tastes like you described/very bland. They have yellow flowers and a few differences but otherwise are pretty similar.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

I just learned about this yesterday. I have a mix of a real strawberry plant and false strawberries in my backyard. The false strawberries also have mush smaller leaves. I'm planning on ripping them out so the real strawberries can grow and fill the space.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

TIL, thanks

Now I will be on the hunt for the real deal

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago

My grandfather relocated a bunch of wild blueberries into his yard and cultivated them. I learned many years later that they were actually called Sparkleberries.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

That's what I've always run into

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

Depending on where you live, it couldโ€™ve been a mock strawberry