2006-08-08 04:42:24 · 17 answers · asked by JeffE 6 in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
Because I think that you spread straw under the growing strawberries to stop them rotting if they touch the wet ground.
2006-08-08 04:51:04 · answer #1 · answered by Veritas 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think strawberries may have gotten the name because they grow in fields in the straw. Blueberries are blue. Gooseberries are white, like a goose? I wonder what rasps are , the scratchy things on the vines, but blackberries have them too.Huckleberries are purple, what are huckles. Elderberries are kind of black and must be old.Currants are red and must be on time. How about cranberries.
2006-08-08 04:55:22 · answer #2 · answered by science teacher 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sorry but they are sort of. the name strawberry comes from the fact when the plants die back in winter the runners look like straw. funny thing is gooseberries don't taste like goose
2006-08-08 04:46:38 · answer #3 · answered by onapizzadiet 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The straw is for keeping them off the ground, where they tend to rot.
2006-08-08 04:46:14 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The same reason Raspberries are not Rasp coloured.
That's all I've got to say about that.
2006-08-08 06:11:23 · answer #5 · answered by Henry 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
cause straw berries are named after where they are grown (Straw) and not the colour.......then youd have two red berries
2006-08-08 04:55:13 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know exactly what you mean. Why aren't Gooseberry's white?.
It is a puzzle.
2006-08-08 05:14:03 · answer #7 · answered by greebo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Come to think of it, why do gooseberries not look like geese?
2006-08-08 04:47:17 · answer #8 · answered by waycyber 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
And what colour is a raspberry or a willberry???
2006-08-08 09:56:51 · answer #9 · answered by Pookie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
straw means pink in ancient greek.
just kidding!!!:)
2006-08-08 04:46:53 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋