Par Inès Genetay
Published on 9 May 22 at 18:16
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They are ripe to perfection and this week’s weather conditions will only improve their culture. HAS Sours (Eure-et-Loir), in the urban area of Chartres, around ten seasonal workers work every morning to pick up the strawberries and pamper the strawberries.
Strawberries grown in the plain of Beauce
The strawberry season, which extends from the beginning of May until June, then from the twenties of August and until September, has just started. Henri Prévosteau with his brothers and his parents are at the helm of the family farm located in the heart of Beauce.
To diversify the cereal production already in place for a while, these farmers started growing strawberries five years ago. Today, three greenhouses house 3,000 m² of strawberries in suspended culture and reasoned agriculture.
Four varieties produced in Sours
Several varieties are grown on this farm in the Chartres conurbation: “Magnum, Darselect, Joly and Mariguette”, lists Henri Prévosteau.
–Grown at a temperature that varies between 20 and 25 degrees, strawberries thrive through an automated drip process, but one that requires monitoring. And, upstream, protection to prevent freezing.
Direct sale at the farm
Once harvested, the very red fruits are placed in trays and sold directly at the farm, every day of the week, Monday to Friday from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., on the markets of Chartres, local shops or resold. to local pastry chefs or restaurateurs.
Chewable or jam
Since last season, Sours Strawberry also markets strawberry jams, concocted in Mainvilliers. Several recipes have been developed with rhubarb, basil, mint but with, always at the heart of the product: the Sours strawberry, labeled product Lands of Eure-et-Loir.
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