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Show Cache Strawberry Crop Hits Peak Cache County's strawberry crop "one of the fastest growing industries in-dustries of this section" is at its peak this week, it was reported today by fruit growers representatives. represent-atives. Stated Keith Lawler of north Logan in behalf of the g'rowers: "The crop has reached its peak, and will not last so much longer. Although the quality is generally good, the supply is quite limited owing to frost and adverse weather weath-er conditions. We suggest that local users waste no time in getting get-ting their berries. Merchants will be stocked with fresh pickings this week end drawing the supply from Providence Provi-dence and North Logan patches. The price is reasonable, with top berries selling for less than one dollar. There are about 15 acres of strawberries in North Logan and 40 in Providence. There will be approximately 50,000 cases harvested har-vested in Providence alone, it is estimated. |