Juice: Wimbledon tennis fans may savour bigger strawberries after wet weather

British-grown fruit much bigger after unusual winter and spring conditions led to slower ripening

Tennis fans may be treated to juicier strawberries at Wimbledon this year after a wet and dark winter slowed the growing times, resulting in bigger and more flavoursome fruits.

Growers said the further wet and cold weather this spring, as well as less sunlight, has delayed the British strawberry season by a fortnight this year, with the main harvest expected at the end of May.