Is-du-Québec : the strawberry season starts in lion

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Favourable weather conditions allow for an abundant harvest to the consumers, who are at the rendezvous for several days.

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Tuesday, 11 July, 2017 13:55

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Tuesday, 11 July, 2017 13:55

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The strawberry season begins in leo in the East-of-Québec. Favourable weather conditions allow for an abundant harvest to the consumers, who are at the rendezvous for several days.

The Association of producers of strawberries and raspberries in Quebec there are 23 producers in the Bas-Saint-Laurent and eight in the Gaspé peninsula.

Small Fruit farm, in Saint-Joseph-de-Lepage, the pickers are made discrete at the beginning of the season, knowing that she was already in full swing. But since then, 200 to 300 people come every day to pick your own. According to the forecasts, the owners expect to harvest one and a half times what had been amassed in 2016.

“The season promises to be very, very well. The plants are exceptional compared to what we had in the past ! About 5-6 years ago, there had been a virus in the plants in Quebec and in the United States. There are many producers who had to break their plantation,” said Frédéric Dompierre, owner of The berry farm.

Same sound of bell on the side of the Strawberry of the Bic. There, it is believed that the quality of the fruit is better this year. However, it is observed that the curing is done quickly.

“This year, the sun and the heat, allowed to start on time. But everything is going very very fast !” says owner Mathieu Chénard.

It is even already possible to pick out the strawberry late, that is available a week later usually.

For this price, the everything is expected to remain stable this year, despite the abundance.