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Post by spike on May 30, 2017 18:47:09 GMT -5
So I do not grow my own strawberries but I live near a lot of Amish that do. I go and buy them as fast as they pick them and bring them in from the fields. Bought 17 quarts of berries today and they are going to be in jars shortly. BUT my question is this: There are 2 farms that sell strawberries. These farms are about 8 miles apart. The one has the most beautiful berries! Perfectly shaped berries, perfect little green hats and they taste amazing! The other farm has the ugliest berries I have ever seen. Misshapen, horrible little hats but still taste amazing. Why? What does the one farm do that the other doesn't?
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Post by ladymarmalade on May 30, 2017 19:00:52 GMT -5
They're likely different varieties of strawberry. I have a farm near me that actually grows 8 different varieties, and asks their customers what they are doing with the berries and which variety they prefer.
I go to different berry patches in the area depending on what I'm doing with them. The first berries of the season are meant for fresh eating and strawberry shortcakes- those take me to a farm almost 60 miles away from me. Completely worth the drive as they are the biggest and sweetest berries of the season. Berries that are meant for chopping and freezing I go to a farm that is just 5 minutes away. Jam time I go to the close farm (but not first crop berries) or the farm with 8 varieties and pick Honeoye berries for jamming.
We're about 3 weeks away from the opening of strawberry season. I might miss it this year due to some traveling, but I'm hopeful we'll get at least one picking in.
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Post by spike on May 30, 2017 22:07:39 GMT -5
ladymarmalade Thank you!! My brain just looked at the different berries and flat lined! But that does make perfect sense.
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