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| Plant | |
| Strawberries | |
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| Location | Middle-earth |
The fruit was so plentiful that young hobbits very nearly bathed in strawberries and cream...
Strawberries were wild berries found in several regions of Middle-earth.
Bilbo Baggins tried to satisfy his hunger with wild strawberries growing near a stream in the upper Vales, as Thorin and Company escaped the Goblin-town[1] during early July.[2]
During the last years of the Third Age, strawberries were among the many fruits produced by The Shire, and were enjoyed by the young Hobbits.[3]
Inspiration
J.R.R. Tolkien's adventure in Switzerland in 1911 was his inspiration for the journey from Rivendell to the other side of the Misty Mountains,[4] and it is quite possible he consumed strawberries during this time. Michael Coren notes, "For dessert he liked a trifle or, in summer, strawberries with lots of cream."[5]
In J.R.R. Tolkien: Artist and Illustrator, No. 23 contains an illustration by J.R.R. Tolkien of a strawberry.
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, "Out of the Frying-Pan into the Fire"
- ↑ See User:Gamling/Hobbitdates
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, "The Grey Havens"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien; Humphrey Carpenter, Christopher Tolkien (eds.), The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, Letter 306, (undated, late 1967 - early 1968)
- ↑ Michael Coren, J.R.R. Tolkien: The Man Who Created the Lord of the Rings, "End Times"