Due to temperatures well above the seasonal average, the strawberries ripen very quickly in the Tarn-et-Garonne. They "go from the white-green stage to the saleable red stage in one day. It's completely crazy, it's unheard of," explains a producer who finds himself in a hurry to pick his fruit. Meanwhile, on a market in Toulouse, a greengrocer is lowering his prices from the second day of sale because the strawberries end up being only good for ice cream, jam or syrup. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES