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Show How Strawberries Were Named. Many persons have wondered how-strawberries how-strawberries got their name. They have -been so called by anglo-Saxon people for hundreds of years, but no corresponding corres-ponding name for them appears in other languages On the contrary, their fragrance mainly is- set form in the names by which they are called in non-English non-English speaking lands. The old Anglo-Saxon form was "streawberige." It seems probable that the "straw" is the long stem of the vine, which runs along the ground. Some have thought, however, that in ancient times the AngloSaxon berry hunters brought the berries home or sent them to market upon straws. The explanation that the word is a corruption of "strayberry," due to the running habit of strawberry vines i3 believed to be erroneous. |