gloria p wrote:
>jmcquown wrote:
>>
>> 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.
>
>I was in San Diego county a few weeks ago and the u-pick fields were
>already ripe. Most of the farmers' markets also had local berries
>(certified grown in Cal.) They were excellent. The Central Valley gets
>hot early in the season.

I bought berries this morning, strawberries from Salinas, CA...
blueberries from Hammonton, NJ.