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Started by caveman, February 17, 2017, 10:10:20 PM

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caveman

Our FFA chapter sold 375 flats of strawberries yesterday and today.  When it gets near the end of the season here, the packing houses become very particular about the berries they accept.  On a pallet, which has 108 flats, if there is a berry or two that is bruised, they will reject the whole pallet.  The grower is responsible for picking up the rejected berries.  A local grower gives us some of their rejected berries and we sell them as a fund raiser for our FFA chapter.  These berries are super sweet.  My wife picked up 12 flats today for her office and for us at home.
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sawguy21

Now that just ain't fair. :(
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SwampDonkey

In the winter time, the Florida berries are the best. I'll give you that. We have some here at the house now. But in the summer, they can't stand up to our own northern berries in season I'm afraid. ;)

And that sounds just like a processor, if I ever seen one. Too cheap to train someone to pick out a bad berry in a thousand or find ways to steal 20 % of the crop.  :-X
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   While I was stationed in Albany GA at the USMC base there a buddy and I were carpooling and a guy was selling strawberries off a truck and marked them down about half price because they were dead ripe. We stopped and bought 6-8 flats thinking the wives would be so happy with our gesture. Wrong! They had to stop what they were doing and immediately make preserves out of what they could not pawn off on other neighbors. Of course they chastised us most severe the whole time till they were finished.

   Reminds me we still have 2-3 gallons in the freezer my son picked out of his flower bed garden at the end of the season last year.
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Nice ripe strawberries make an excellent wine.  smiley_alcoholic_01
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Raider Bill

I've been eating fresh Plant City Berries for a week and a half nonstop! Have a produce stand walking distance.  ;D ;D
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thecfarm

I've been looking for them.
Raider Bill,How much are they?
We have a upick about 15 minutes from here. I worked for him one year. Use to have strawberries for breakfast. delish!!!!!
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sawguy21

 :'( We won't see fresh berries before June.
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Magicman

And then there is the Ponchatoula Strawberry Festival in Ponchatoula, LA.   ;D
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MFinity

...and here we are, garden under a foot of snow... strawberries MONTHS away... <sob>  :snowball:

caveman

Plant City, which is a few miles away and in Hillsborough County has a Strawberry Festival.  It will begin next month.  It is a fair with animals, rides and lots of concerts.  When our FFA chapter won the National FFA Forestry Contest in 2015, the team was invited to walk in the Strawberry Festival Parade (the whole town basically shuts down for a few hours during the parade).



  These were some that I bought.  I had to mix them with Blue Bell vanilla ice cream. 
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WDH

We had strawberries and ice cream this weekend.  My grand daughter loved it. 
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MFinity

stop it stop it yer killin me  :'(

trapper

Where is the best place to buy them when we are in the area next month?  Some i have purchased in flea markets in the past havnt had much flavor.
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caveman

The road side stands should be about as good a place as any and a lot cheaper than the grocery stores.  Buy ripe ones, they are sweeter than the unripe berries ;D.
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Raider Bill

We paid $8.00 a flat last week. Will be getting a couple more this week and freezing them.

http://www.flstrawberryfestival.com/headline-entertainment/
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caveman

I got word a little while ago that we will have over 150 more flats to move tomorrow.  I suspect we will sell them for $5 a flat. 
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sprucebunny

Geesh... Plant City strawberries on sale last week for $2/pound.
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Raider Bill

Quote from: sprucebunny on February 20, 2017, 05:06:58 PM
Geesh... Plant City strawberries on sale last week for $2/pound.
A POUND!!! DanG it!
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thecfarm

A flat?
I pick about 10 pounds for $20 come July.
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caveman

A flat should weigh about 8 pounds.
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thecfarm

Much better prices in FL.
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petefrom bearswamp

Got back from FL on Saturday.
Sold our FL house.
We will miss the Plant City strawberries as well as the ability to keep our vehicle clean for more than 1 hr after washing.
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Raider Bill

Quote from: petefrom bearswamp on February 21, 2017, 08:49:55 AM
Got back from FL on Saturday.
Sold our FL house.
We will miss the Plant City strawberries as well as the ability to keep our vehicle clean for more than 1 hr after washing.

Hope to see you [and some more cheese] next year Pete.

Flats of berries are now $5 a flat down from $8 last week. Looks like I'll be freezing strawberries this week.
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SwampDonkey

We are eating them here to, CDN $5 for 2 lbs.  ;D
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