 You know, is it something that I want to do for the next 40 years just like my father did? Or should I, you know, do what Maxwell's is doing and, you know, their children have other lives and do different things? An infestation of fruit flies this year forced Maxwell's to cancel the already short strawberry season. In their announcement on Facebook, the Bamford family said the decision to permanently close was reached for a number of reasons and was unrelated to the infestation.