By the numbers

Strawberries

8: Number that will provide about 140 percent of the recommended daily intake of vitamin C for kids

55: Calories in one cup

200: On average, the number of seeds in each berry

75: Percentage of all domestic strawberries produced in California – 1 billion pounds a year

1.6 million: Number of pounds grown in Maine in 1997 (the most recent statistic available)

Source: http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/strawberries/facts.html