In article -service-com, Trevor
Appleton writes
Sown in a (slightly) heat greenhouse in late Jan. Planted out in Polytunnel
early May. FINALLY started setting fruit in early Sep! Largest is (Hen) egg
sized. Hardly living up to its name. (I expect Ostriches!)

Has anyone else grown them successfully in the north this year?

Yep. Sowed them in about March. Picked first fruit in early September.
They're still setting and growing, but leaves are a magnet for whitefly.

I can't remember the variety but it was a small variety with white
fruit, and I'm picking them from goose egg upwards. Biggest was ostrich.

This is outskirts of Leeds at about 400ft.
--
Kay
"Do not insult the crocodile until you have crossed the river"