Who’s at the top of your holiday gift giving list? Your children? What about your spouse or special someone? Maybe it’s your best friend, or a close sibling? No matter who’s your number one consideration for holiday gift giving, you want the present you give them to be the best…
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When you’re throwing summer parties a seasonal fruit arrangement is an easy, inexpensive and delicious dessert that everyone at the party will love. Chilled fresh fruit is a wonderful dessert for hot summer nights, and it’s perfect for summer parties because everyone can eat citrus fruit. Kids can easily peel…
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Hale citrus likes it cool and dry. Oranges are best between 35?F and 50?F while Grapefruit prefer 45?F to 50?F. Go ahead and refrigerate and keep just a few pieces in a fruit bowl and enjoy.
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Remember the food pyramid? Most American adults learned about nutrition in schools using the government issued food hierarchy, which showed how much of each food group should be consumed on a daily basis. But times change, and our understandings of how much of a certain kind of food should be…
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The Polly Hale Newsletter September 1998 You Can Win a Fortune in the $100,000 Sweepstakes! It’s bigger! It’s better! The new, expanded 1998 Fall Hale Indian River Groves Gift Catalog makes this year’s holiday shopping easier than ever. There’s something for everyone on your list in our stunning new 48-page…
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Sweet mountain Bing cherries are quite simply, delicious. Their rich, deep red color and superb sweetness make them a favorite summer snack for many. They are easy to eat and very satisfying. While they taste fantastic, perhaps the best thing about Bing cherries is their nutrition. Bing cherries are typically…
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Fruit gifts are always popular for the holidays, but the last few years fruit gifts have become even trendier as holiday gifts. Partly this is because people are so busy that no one really has time to shop, and partly because it’s become very chic to give people gifts that…
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Fruit Facts: Florida Citrus History Even though it is not native to North America, the United States is the world’s third largest producer of citrus fruit. Or should we say that Florida is? No, we don’t mean to demean the other citrus-producing states-California, Texas, and Arizona-but the truth is that…
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Mail order fruit provides a refreshing change from the bland and under ripe fruit found at your local grocer. Many people have sampled fruit that comes from a mail order company and marveled at the difference between the flavor of store bought fruit and that sent by mail. The difference…
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Could fresh fruit be nature’s ultimate food? Nutritionists and medical researchers are constantly finding new benefits to be had from eating the recommended daily allowance of fresh fruit, with advantages ranging from staving off debilitating diseases to prolonging life and even to sharpening the senses. It’s a wonder of the…