STRAWBERRIES FOR CHRISTMAS.
Strawberries for Christmas are promised by growers in the lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas. They are planting now and believe that a fine, ripe crop will be ready in time to go with the cranberries and Christmas turkey. Winter gardens for fruit and vegetables have multiplied in Texas in recent years, the climate and soil being propitious, and the produce is becoming an asset of commercial importance for the State. Fresh fruits and vegetables have already displaced tinned foods to a marked extent on Texan tables in the winter. Now, it is promised, increasing crops will soon leave a substantial surplus for disposal at moderate prices in markets further afield, and in due time strawberries at Christmas may be a dish not merely for millionaires but for the million.
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