They believe that the elves, who are passionately fond of strawberries, will help to produce healthy calves and abundance of milk in return. Madame Tallien, a prominent figure at the court of the Emperor Napoleon, was famous for bathing in the juice of fresh strawberries. She used 22 pounds per basin. Needless to say, she did not bathe daily. The fruit size of the very early strawberries was very small.
Strawberries are the first fruit to ripen in the spring.
There is a museum in Belgium just for strawberries. Strawberries are a member of the rose family. Ninety-four per cent of United States households consume strawberries. Americans eat 3.4 pounds of fresh strawberries each year plus another 1.8 pounds frozen per capita. Eight strawberries will provide 14 percent of the recommended daily intake of Vitamin C for kids.