The season of the strawberry picking is just around the corner, together with wafting sweet aromas. To appreciate the pleasure of strawberry picking is to be able to taste own- picked one right away on the spot. The taste of the freshly picked strawberry is most memorable. It is recommended to enjoy strawberry picking in winter, because the Sugar Concentration Degree is especially high in winter, even if the greenhouse cultivation brings the long term harvest of strawberries. Strawberry of Japan is well-known as its strong sweetness and popular in foreign countries, especially in Thailand. "Amaou" and "Akihime" the latest kinds of strawberries boast of the large size and much sweetness are newly produced.

It is said at the site of all-you-can-eat of strawberries that women seem to eat them more than men, and average is from 30 to 40 pieces per a woman. There seems to be a woman ate up 100 pieces or more in no time among them. Moreover, the content rate of vitamin C in strawberry is a top class in various kinds of foods. We could ingest necessary vitamin C for a day when we eat 5 or 6 pieces. Vitamin C works to inactivate the melanin pigment of the skin, so strawberries are the best for beauty as well.

When picking strawberries, please be suggested following as a manner that handling strawberries softly and carefully, not stepping or bending a seedlings and not taking picked strawberries out of the farm. The way to distinguish between right one and wrong one, first of all please check whether a whole strawberry turns to red including the base, then it is good to eat if the strawberry seeds become crimson and seeds are looking like coming out from berry. Please enjoy relishing the just picked fully matured sugary strawberries.

As we have featured tours of strawberry picking and all-you-can-eat at recommendable farms covering whole our country in this issue, you could find suitable tours meeting your interest. Now let's go berrying!