Lincolnshire asparagus grower C Wright & Son (Gedney) Ltd’s director Adam Cunnington is looking forward to the start of the British asparagus season and harvested his first patch last week.
Cunnington produces 150 acres of asparagus in Spalding for mainly wholesalers, and believes that complaints regarding the quality of UK asparagus so far this year is down to the crop being forced to grow too early.
“Asparagus grows so quickly under polythene and that will be why the taste is not spot on just yet,” he told FPJ. “The main season will be good, as always - however, we will have lower yields than normal due to poor weather over the past two seasons. Demand is always good, so availability may be a problem.”
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