Sugar Coated
by Darren Fisher
Title
Sugar Coated
Artist
Darren Fisher
Medium
Photograph - Photography/ Digital Art
Description
Fresh strawberries with one dipped in sugar and sitting on a plate. This would make a great image for your kitchen.
The first garden strawberry was grown in France during the late 18th century.[2] Prior to this, wild strawberries and cultivated selections from wild strawberry species were the common source of the fruit.
The strawberry fruit was mentioned in ancient Roman literature in reference to its medicinal use. The French began taking the strawberry from the forest to their gardens for harvest in the 1300s. Charles V, France's king from 1364 to 1380, had 1,200 strawberry plants in his royal garden. In the early 1400s western European monks were using the wild strawberry in their illuminated manuscripts. The strawberry is found in Italian, Flemish, German art, and English miniatures.[citation needed] The entire strawberry plant was used to treat depressive illnesses.
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June 12th, 2013
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