How about strawberries this Valentine’s Day?

CAMERON HIGHLANDS: Forget chocolates and roses, juicy strawberries grown here will definitely put a smile on the face of your girlfriend or wife this Valentine’s Day.

Juicy fruit: Yeep tasting a freshly plucked strawberry at his family farm. - The Star.

Strawberries as red as rubies could be a refreshing alternative.

It would definitely be kinder on your wallet too, costing RM7 to RM20 per box.

Strawberry grower Yeep Kah Soon said the fruits were plucked daily as they ripened.

“The fruits are commonly the size of a quail’s egg but sometimes we get them as big as Grade C chicken eggs.

“The first two fruits in the first batch are usually jumbo-sized,” Yeep said at his family’s farm, Kea Farm, here.

Giving some tips on how to pick the best strawberries, the 20-year-old said: “The redder the colour, the sweeter it is.”

However, he said the size and taste of strawberries were ultimately determined by the weather.

“They grow best when there is more sunlight and less rain.”

Besides being sold at the various tourist stops in the area, Cameron Highlands strawberries are also distributed to other parts of the country.

Source: The Star