 | Wild Strawberry Seeds (Fragaria virginiana). Thomas Jefferson first recorded "strawberries come to table," at Shadwell, his boyhood home, on May 28, 1767. This diary entry added: "100 fill half a pint," suggesting he was growing the Wild Strawberry, which bears small, extremely sweet fruits. During his 1791 excursion through New England with James Madison, Jefferson also observed "strawberries in abundance" in the forests and banks along Lake George.Sow seeds indoors 12-20 weeks before last frost... - Wild Strawberry Seeds (Fragaria virginiana). |
