article_snippet.sent: Unexpected: Waitrose announced yesterday the early arrival of Waitrose first British tomatoes of the year .
article_snippet.sent: Our glorious spring has accelerated the growing season - and supermarket shelves are already bursting with English summer fruit and veg.
article_snippet.sent: But thanks to endless days of sun and temperatures we would not expect until August, English tomatoes and asparagus are already on the shelves, weeks ahead of usual.
article_snippet.sent: Waitrose announced yesterday the early arrival of its first British tomatoes of the yearits
article_snippet.sent: first British tomatoes of the yearthe year.
article_snippet.sent: Waitrose is stocking large Jack Hawkins, aromatic Red Choice and tiny Baby Plums, all grown in greenhouses across England.
article_snippet.sent: And the supermarket has been stocking asparagus since the beginning of the month.
article_snippet.sent: Strawberries are also already on the shelves - far earlier than normal - and English raspberries saw raspberries earliest ever appearance in the last week of March.
article_snippet.sent: Early arrival:  thanks to endless days of sun and temperatures we would not expect until August, English tomatoes and asparagus are already on the shelves, weeks ahead of usual .
highlights_snippet.sent: But recent temperatures have led to English tomatoes sprouting early .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Strawberries and raspberries also on shelves already, far earlier than usual .