Theresa Palmer and her family visited the Philippines last spring and brought the Observer along for the journey. “Three generations travel from the Plant City, The Winter Strawberry Capital, to Baguio, The Summer Strawberry Capital of the Philippines to retrace patriarch Rudy Mallare’s steps when he grew up there from the early 1930s to 1950,” Palmer wrote. “Theresa and Jenna Palmer, Rudy Mallare, and Vlada, John and Tina Pike embraced their family heritage while showing pride for their hometown paper.”
