"jmcquown" > wrote in message
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> On 6/19/2017 9:58 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>> On 6/19/2017 8:42 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
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>>>>
>>>> did they smell like a strawberry, if they are ripe they will have a
>>>> nice strong strawberry smell
>>>
>>> I don't think they did. Thanks.
>>
>> Sounds like they need more time. Nof familiar with that particular type
>> but there is no berry like a fresh local berry.
>
> I haven't seen anything but imported strawberries at grocery stores. Fresh
> local strawberries aren't available at the farm stands down here yet,
> either. (Other berries are showing up.) I think she's jumping the gun
> just because the strawberries were red.
>
> My mother planted a strawberry patch (no idea of the variety) next to the
> house we lived in in west TN. IIRC, we picked the strawberries in July.
>
> Jill


I don't know about the Seattle area, cooler there, but here the local
strawberries have been really good for about 3 weeks now.

Cheri