A: strawberry plant with unripe fruit, white flower. B: row of strawberry plants with red fruit. C: hand holding ripe strawberry on a plant. D: potted strawberry plant and runner.

Figure 1-4. A: A flower truss with different stages of flower and fruit development (‘Monterey’). B: A strawberry field with flowers and ripe fruit (‘Monterey’). C: Several stages of ripe fruit in a commercial fruiting field in North Carolina (‘Ruby June’). D: Runner and stolon development on a potted strawberry plant (‘Albion’).