SC - crop harvest times

[Stefan li Rous]

Huette said:
> They were predicting that strawberries will be very
> inexpensive this year.  They had no prediction about
> the Northern California crop yet as it won't be ready
> for picking for another three months.

Wow! Three months differance between the harvesting time of the
same fruit in th north and the south? I would have thought one
or two months at the most.

Is this an unusual case due to the particular crop? Or would the
harvest times differ than much in medieval Europe for the same crop?

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