Strawberry the winter. Additionally, in certain areas like the state of Florida, winter is the natural growing season where harvesting starts in mid-November. Kashubian strawberry ("Truskawka kaszubska" or "Kaszëbskô malëna") are the first Polish fruit to be given commercial protection under EU law. They are produced in Kartuzy, Kościerzyna and Bytów counties and in the municipalities of Przywidz, Wejherowo, Luzino, Szemud, Linia, Łęczyce and Cewice in Kashubia. Only the following varieties may be sold as "kaszëbskô malëna": Senga Sengana, Elsanta, Honeoye that have been graded as Extra or Class I. Most strawberry plants are now fed with artificial fertilizers, both before
Pine Grove, Hood River County, Oregon Grove is Columbia Gorge Fruit Growers, a non-profit organization of 400 growers and 20 shippers of tree fruit in the Mid-Columbia area that works to encourage and promote the fruit industry. To preserve the history of the area's principal industry, in 2012 The Fruit Foundation Historical Society will be opening the Fruit Heritage Museum in Pine Grove in a historic cold storage and fruit packing facility built in the 1930s and now owned by the Fruit Company. Pine Grove Grange celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2006. It is the oldest Grange in Hood River County. The current Grange hall originally