26 May 2023, Saxony, Coswig: Michael Kretschmer (CDU), Prime Minister of Saxony, and Antonia Mercedes Kirschner, Saxon Flower Queen, pick strawberries in a field to mark the opening of the strawberry season. Saxon fruit growers are expecting a yield of 1700 tons this year and a comparatively good harvest. Last year it was 1800 tons, but the area under cultivation has decreased by 20 hectares, said Udo Jentzsch, managing director of the Saxon Fruit Association, on Friday at the start of the strawberry season in Coswig (Meißen County). The recent cool weather has led to a delay in vegetation of one to two weeks, he said. A weather like now and now and then a land rain are the best conditions for the strawberry. Photo: Sebastian Kahnert/dpa