Fraises des Bois

These are know by many names, alpine strawberries, wild strawberries, fragole de bosco, or as we are calling them fraises des bois.  Small and intensely aromatic they are a special addition to any desert or just eaten fresh.  We have spent two years slowly dividing our best producers and are now up to about 1000 plants producing only about 20 half pint clamshells per pick.  Due to their extreme perishibility we pick them and get them to market in under 24 hours.  Don't expect to store these for long.  We carefully pinch off the fruit and put them directly into the clamshells to avoid bruising but they are a delicate product and should not be left long before use.

Each half pint clamshell contains over 100 fresh strawberries and weighs about  6 ounces.