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Fruit grower fools Mother Nature

June 10, 2009, St. Catharines, Ont. – Strawberry season has begun in
Niagara, signalling the official start to summer, as far as fruit
harvests go.

June 10, 2009, St. Catharines, Ont. – Strawberry season has begun in Niagara, signalling the official start to summer, as far as fruit harvests go.

The large, red berries showing up on the shelves of Ferretti’s farm stand now had some help getting there.

He started those berry plants under cover of agricultural plastic, shielded from the temperamental elements of early spring when they start to bloom.

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