"Jaques d'Alltrades" wrote in message
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Anyhow, can one get strawberry plants from the plantlet growing from
the seeds on the fruit?

Yes, though I haven't looked at the URL to see where it's coming from.
(dial-up, and I've been downloading for 90 mns already today...)

If it's a germinating seed, it may not - probably will not - be the same
as the parent.

If it's vegetative, it should be a clone.

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Perhaps not surprisingly, the 'seeds' on the outside of the strawberry
are actually the fruits. They are single seeded and thus Achenes. The fleshy
part that we eat is the receptacle. It is not common, but not rare, to see
these germinating in situ especially with out-of-season specimens. They
were produced sexually and will differ from the parent~~ but then this is
how new vars. are grown. I believe Talisman was discovered growing on a
stone/earth wall beside a field of Royal Sovs. This would have been passed
by a bird or from an over-ripe fruit thrown there. Strawberries, from seed,
are more reliable to be reasonably worthwhile than most fruits. Peaches even
more so. But neither as good as 'boughten' plants.
Best Wishes Brian