June’s sunshine adds extra sweetness to bumper summer for UK strawberries
Key takeaways
- The weather has been ideal for strawberries, raspberries, gooseberries, redcurrants and unusual breeds such as honeyberries.
- Prefer the Guardian on GoogleIf your bowl of strawberries and cream tastes particularly sweet this year, you’re not mistaken.
- Sales of strawberries are up 240% for 9cm pots and the weather has encouraged smaller but earlier, sweeter and more bountiful crops in gardens.
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The weather has been ideal for strawberries, raspberries, gooseberries, redcurrants and unusual breeds such as honeyberries. Photograph: Universal Images Group/Getty View image in fullscreen. The weather has been ideal for strawberries, raspberries, gooseberries, redcurrants and unusual breeds such as honeyberries. Photograph: Universal Images Group/Getty Gardens June’s sunshine adds extra sweetness to bumper summer for UK strawberries Weather this year has encouraged smaller but earlier crops of sweet and bountiful fruit in gardens, RHS says
Prefer the Guardian on GoogleIf your bowl of strawberries and cream tastes particularly sweet this year, you’re not mistaken. It is a bumper summer for strawberries, with the recent weather conditions making them more abundant and delicious than ever, according to the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS).
Sales of strawberries are up 240% for 9cm pots and the weather has encouraged smaller but earlier, sweeter and more bountiful crops in gardens.