Roadside strawberry stand in Camarillo, CA. Fact from Camarillo Strawberry Festival website: "Strawberries are the prized harvest in Ventura County where 11,538 acres produce more than 27 percent of the state’s supply with peak season production of 10 million pint baskets shipped worldwide daily."
An ironic quote: The strawberry "is the wonder of all the Fruits growing naturally in those parts...In some parts where the Natives have planted, I have many times seen as many as would fill a good ship, within a few miles compasse." - Roger Williams, founder of Providence, RI, in 1636
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