Pineberry

[betula]

My Allotment neighbour has got some plants.............

I like the look of them in the picture but not sure if they will be worth growing

http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2010/apr/01/pineberry-strawberry-waitrose

[betula]

[Duke Ellington]

I think I would buy some of the fruit or wait till your neighbors fruits just to see if I like them. They do look interesting.

[grannyjanny]

They were selling that one at a GC I went to a few weeks ago. It looked good but at £15 for one plant in a basket I didn't bother.

[Robert_Brenchley]

Buy some and grow the seeds.

[antipodes]

In the article you linked, it seems to be pinned down as an April Fool's Joke!!!!   :P
Are you sure she doesn't just have white strawberries???
http://travelswith.zen-aida.com/2011/02/destinations/japan-delicious-white-strawberries/

Somehow it seems....wrong. but maybe that's just me! After all we have white currants (that are yellow, chortle).

[Allotment-junkie]

No its not a joke there was some in a booklet that one of the big firms sent out a few weeks ago I think it was £14.99 for 3 plants

[manicscousers]

I've just been sent a spalding plant catalogue with white strawberries or pineberries in, pack of 2 for 10.95  fragaria x ananassa grow wild in South America  ;D

[chriscross1966]

If that#'s what the normal companies want for them I shudder to think what Sarah Raven will be charging......