On Thu, 29 Apr 2004 17:49:35 +0100, Sacha
wrote:

The problem, as with so many older varieties of veg and fruit is that
overseas sources, which fly in everything from potatoes to strawberries to
roses, mean that the market is so wide open that comparatively small and
later cropping co-operatives can't compete.

How do they manage to produce potatoes so early in Jersey. In Naxos,
Greece the first potatoes are lifted at the beginning of June.