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Catch the 'Asparagus Express' as 'first' crop delivered by rail

A GREAT tradition was invoked on St George’s Day when the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway had the honour of carrying the first round of asparagus – or‘gras’ – cut in the Vale of Evesham for the new spring growing season.

April 23 isa special day for the asparagus growing industry in Worcestershire, which

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