Amédée-François Frézier Amédée-François Frézier Amédée-François Frézier (1682 – October 26, 1773) was a French military engineer, mathematician, spy, and explorer who is best remembered for bringing back five specimens of "Fragaria chiloensis", the beach strawberry, from an assignment in South America, thus introducing this New World fruit to the Old. As described by G.M. Darrow, Frézier's ancient surname was derived from "fraise", the French word for strawberry. A story relates the surname is derived from the fact that Julius de Berry, a citizen of Anvers (i.e. Antwerp), was knighted by Charles the Simple in 916 for a timely gift of ripe strawberries.
Bizarre Fruit II 1994, except "Search for the Hero" which was recorded at Grosse Freiheit in Hamburg on 26 February 1995. "Bizarre Fruit II" was later released as a single CD replacing the original "Bizarre Fruit" album. Confusingly, later editions of this single-disc version bear the title "Bizarre Fruit", although the cover art remains the same as the initial "Bizarre Fruit II" release. Bizarre Fruit II Bizarre Fruit II is a reissued and expanded version of M People's 1994 "Bizarre Fruit" album, with the single versions of "Search for the Hero" and "Love Rendezvous" in place of the originals, and including the band's