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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Helena Horton

June’s sunshine adds extra sweetness to bumper summer for UK strawberries

Fresh red strawberries with green stems and leaves fill the frame
The weather has been ideal for strawberries, raspberries, gooseberries, redcurrants and unusual breeds such as honeyberries. Photograph: Universal Images Group/Getty

If 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.

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