Best crop of strawberries in 20 years

Monday 09 May 2011

The spring heatwave has led to the biggest and best English strawberry crop for 20 years.

One major supermarket chain has cut its foreign imports of strawberries by 50 per cent thanks to the glut of home-grown fruit.

R&V Emery, one of England's largest strawberry growers, said it was the earliest start to the season for about 20 years. The season started two weeks early and higher sugar levels have made the crop much sweeter and juicier than normal.

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