"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

The U Pick farms opened a couple of weeks ago and my friends have been
picking from home for about the same length of time. But... Those are well
established plants. Mine are newly planted. Lots of red ones now but no
strawberry smell. Supposed to warm up tomorrow. Maybe...