Summary

Asparagus live! The little vegetable that's causing a lot of fuss

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  • The new season for asparagus, a vegetable for which Worcestershire is famed, was launched in typically eccentric English style yesterday.
  • Well-wishers in fancy dress cheered off the first batch of gras from the Fleece Inn, Bretforton, near Evesham, as it was taken to a top London store.
  • We'll be recording reaction of the arrival of asparagus on the dinner tables of the nation today in this fun blog.
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