A grower describes the strawberries as "larger and sweeter" than experienced in previous years. In some cases, they are said to be as large as "a smaller fist".
I have worked in the berry industry for 30 years and this is the best spring I have experienced, both in terms of the weather and the actual harvest, says Nick Marston, chairman of the industry organization British Berry Growers.
The United Kingdom has experienced the warmest spring since measurements began in 1884, at the same time as the rain has stayed away.
