[1991] This is still the case with the mulberry.
[1992] See B. xvi. c. [71], and B. xxiv. c. 73. He alludes to the blackberry.
[1993] The common strawberry, the Fragaria vesca of Linnæus. See B. xxi. c. 50. A native of the Alps and the forests of Gaul, it was unknown to the Greeks.
[1994] The Arbutus unedo of Linnæus. It is one of the ericaceous trees, and its fruit bears a considerable resemblance to the strawberry—otherwise there is not the slightest affinity between them. The taste of the arbute is poor indeed, compared to that of the strawberry.
[1995] He suggests that it is so called from “unum edo,” “I eat but one;” a rather fanciful etymology, it would seem.
[1996] This supposition is not warranted, from merely the fact of there being two names.
[1998] See B. xxiv. c. 35.
[2000] “Baccis.” Berries, properly so called.