Pomology is a branch of botany that studies fruits and their cultivation. Someone who researches and practices the science of pomology is called a pomologist.
Illustration of the 'Willermoz' pear by Alexandre Bivort from Album de Pomologie (1848–1852)
The garden strawberry is a widely grown hybrid plant cultivated worldwide for its fruit. The genus Fragaria, the strawberries, is in the rose family, Rosaceae. The fruit is appreciated for its aroma,
Fragaria vesca, a wild woodland strawberry, was cultivated until the 17th century.
Antoine Nicolas Duchesne discovered that the cultivated strawberry ('Gariguette' pictured) was a hybrid of F. chiloensis and F. virginiana.