Early strawberry season wrapping up with plentiful crop at central Maine farms
9 of 9 Luke Sites, owner of Sites Farm in Athens, is seen behind strawberries on Monday. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel David Popp has never seen such a plentiful strawberry crop in his more than 30 years at Popp Farm in Dresden. “The berries are big as plums,” he said, “and that’s no exaggeration.” But business is slow. The coronavirus pandemic was unkind to the farm, which was unable to afford a seasonal, full-time employee. Open daily from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 103 Glasheen Road, Popp Farm offers pick-your-own strawberries to fit most anyone’s schedule, but customers are not s...
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