All shapes and sizes

This is what it proudly said on the box...........

And they were NOT exaggerating.  Every strawberry in the punnet, was actually made up of two/three/four strawberries.

My first reaction to this.  OMG !  It's been treated with a chemical.   And rather than being delighted, at the fact that I was getting MORE STRAWBERRY FOR MY BUCK, I actually wanted to give them a miss.

Yes, there is a possibility that the variant plant could be creating this, but...... the box, suggests,  it happens all the time.  If it happens all the time, it's NOT NATURE.

I decided to google multi strawberry strawberries.   I got a hit, confirming my suspicion that giant strawberries, are the product of chemistry, not biology.   With a vague, rather unscientific blurb, to the effect that the chemical can cause kidney failure in humans.  Doubt that is true, but still...........



As I packed myself up to go to the farm, I told Mom, to steer clear of buying this brand of strawberries.

PS.  They did taste okay - I had them for lunch, smothered in cream.  And the fact, that there were MORE, was great.  I found myself having to share them with Skye, the baby bulldog.  She  loves them.  SERIOUSLY !  A dog eating strawberries. Lol !