. ▁ ▁The ▁st raw berry ▁is ▁not , ▁from ▁a ▁botan ical ▁point ▁of ▁view , ▁a ▁ber ry . ▁Techn ically , ▁it ▁is ▁an ▁aggregate ▁access ory ▁fruit , ▁meaning ▁that ▁the ▁f les hy ▁part ▁is ▁derived ▁not ▁from ▁the ▁plant ' s ▁o var ies ▁but ▁from ▁the ▁re cept acle ▁that ▁holds ▁the ▁o var ies . ▁Each ▁apparent ▁" seed " ▁( ach ene ) ▁on ▁the ▁outside ▁of ▁the ▁fruit ▁is ▁actually ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁o var ies ▁of ▁the ▁flower , ▁with ▁a ▁seed ▁inside ▁it . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 7 , ▁world ▁production ▁of ▁st raw ber ries ▁was ▁ 9 . 2 ▁million ▁t onnes , ▁led ▁by ▁China ▁with ▁ 4 0 % ▁of ▁the ▁total . ▁ ▁History ▁▁ ▁The ▁very ▁first ▁garden ▁st raw berry ▁was ▁grown ▁in ▁Brit t any , ▁France , ▁during ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 8 th ▁century . ▁Prior ▁to ▁this , ▁wild ▁st raw ber ries ▁and ▁cultiv ated ▁se lections ▁from ▁wild ▁st raw berry ▁species ▁were ▁the ▁common ▁source ▁of ▁the ▁fruit . ▁ ▁The ▁st raw berry ▁fruit ▁was ▁mentioned ▁in ▁ancient ▁Roman ▁literature ▁in ▁reference ▁to ▁its ▁medic inal ▁use . ▁The ▁French ▁began ▁taking ▁the ▁st raw berry ▁from ▁the ▁forest ▁to ▁their ▁gard ens ▁for ▁har vest ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 4 th ▁century . ▁Charles ▁V , ▁France ' s ▁king ▁from ▁ 1 3 6 4 ▁to ▁ 1 3 8 0