It’s one of the country’s most popular spring fruits that survived the winter by being covered with straw. The strawberries have pushed the straw aside with heads held high, proudly supporting light green berries. Now they are ripening, and it’s time for picking them. Wild strawberries have been enjoyed since ancient times. It is the crossing of these berries that has created the big juicy ones of today. Strawberry trivia, in no special order Nationally, over half of the nearly 3 billion pounds of berries grown each year come from California with Florida a distant second. Folklore tells you that if you split a double strawberry in half with someone of the opposite sex, you will fall in love. The strawberry is not actually a true berry, but an “accessory” fruit belonging to the rose family. The strawberry is the only fruit with seeds on the outside, averaging 200 tiny seeds per berry. Eight strawberries contain more vitamin C than an orange; the berry will also help whiten your teeth du...