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by marosgrego 2030 days ago
All the berries you mention in the last paragraph are also native to Europe.
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For strawberries, there are many varieties... some from the Americas, some from Europe, some from Asia.

But the variety you eat today is most likely the "garden strawberry", which is a hybrid variety developed in France by crossing Fragaria virginiana (from North America) and Fragaria chiloensis (from South America).

Other varieties of strawberry are not as popular.

Europeans did a great job further developing crops from the Americas. Italians alone bred tomatoes for every culinary purpose you can imagine.