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W. Curt Vincent|Bladen Journal

Cole Butler, 5, of Elizabethtown picks out some big red strawberries at Gooden Farm off N.C. 87 in Elizabethtown. After a warm winter, the strawberry season has begun a bit early and is expected to last well into May.

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