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First strawberries of the season
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Douglas Hunt
(IC: professional)
Yes, you read that right. While strawberries are synonymous with summer in much of the country, they are a winter crop here in Florida, and the first ones of the season showed up at my farmers' market today, fresh from Pappy's Patch, a couple of weeks ahead of schedule thanks to our unseasonably warm weather. These beauties are a patented short-day cultivar known as "Florida Radiance," which was developed at the University of Florida and released in 2008. If you eat a strawberry in winter, whether you live in the US, Canada, Australia or Europe, there is a good chance you are eating "Florida Radiance" (although it is known as "Florida Fortuna" outside the US and Canada). Strawberry season here lasts until March. (And, yes, they taste as good as they look.)
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Published December 14th, 2013 5:19 PM
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TheLastLeafGardener on Dec 30, 2013Your image is beautiful, Douglas! And you are so blessed to be able to grow this fruit! OR is the fruit blessed to be in your beautiful garden? I think i've only had ONE lone strawberry in my garden (INFO @ http://www.thelastleafgardener.com/2011/06/my-freckle-faced-strawberries-this.html) BUT I've heard that strawberries do not lie containers and do better in the ground. Do you know anything about this? BTW, did you work at a nursery in the city when you were in NY?
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