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Beginning of strawberry season in Quebec
Canada
Tuesday 01 June 2010
FJ
New techniques of production and new strawberries varieties accelerate strawberries ripening in Quebec.
While fruit production is late in Europe, strawberries have two weeks beforehand on the usual dates of harvest in Quebec due to exceptional climatic conditions with a warm and soft spring.
New techniques of production and new strawberries varieties also accelerate ripening.
The season will be much longer and some people announce for next years a production from May till October.
“Producers have to face the competition of imported strawberries ", explains Simon Parent from Novafruit, strawberries producer.
source : cyberpresse.ca
