Pescadero Memories

This lighthearted article appeared in the June 14th, 1887, issue of the “Sacramento Daily Union,” and added one more “Claim To Fame,” to Pescadero’s already impressive list. Enjoy. John

Strawberry fed Pork.— From H. B. Pilkington, who has just returned from Pescadero, we learn of a decidedly new phase of the development of our G.C. (Probably George Carter, a local correspondent) It is well known that on the plateaus at the top of the cliffs, which border most of the coast from Point New Year to Pescadero. there grow quantities of a delicate wild strawberry, known as the Beach strawberry, because the sturdy little plant pushes its way even down into the sand along the beach. The fruit is large in size and delicious in flavor, and this year the crop is so enormous that droves of hogs have been turned into these unique seaside pastures, and with all the gusto of sybarites are fattening themselves upon the luscious dainties. Illinois boasts of her “corn-fed pork.” but she will have to take a back seat now in favor of California’s new dainty, ” strawberry-fed pork.”  1887