Christmas is almost here, and with Christmas comes delicious Honeybells. Everywhere festive decorations are going up and delicious treats are starting to appear but the most delicious holiday treat, the Honeybell, will be here shortly. In late December the earliest Honeybells start arriving and with them comes a taste experience you won’t forget anytime soon. Once you’ve had deliciously sweet and juicy Honeybells no other citrus fruit will taste the same, even the oranges and grapefruits you already love. That’s because a Honeybell has a taste that can’t be matched by any other citrus fruit. Honeybell fruit is only available…
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Orange juice is easily the most popular fruit juice in the United States. Each year, Americans swallow over five million gallons of the zesty breakfast beverage. Why do we drink so much of it? The simplest answer is because we can. The US has been a world leader in the production of oranges for well over a century now. Another reason Americans love orange juice is because our OJ is the best in the world. No, we’re not being overly patriotic. We’re simply telling the truth. You see, when orange juice is exported it is almost always shipped in dried…
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News reports are calling the previous ten years “the bubble decade,” while other headlines talk about bidding “good riddance” to 2009. It seems so many people these days are looking for a fresh chance, a clean slate, and a way to break with the past and greet the future on an even keel. You probably wouldn’t think that fresh citrus fruit, for example the Honeybell tangelo, has much to do with these current dire straits. And you’d be right, at least on the surface of the matter. Fresh citrus fruit doesn’t have a lot to do with the economy, with…
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Oranges are grown all over the world, but Florida oranges are the most popular oranges. Even oranges grown in California can’t compete with the popularity of Florida oranges. Why do people love these oranges more than others? It’s a combination of the taste of the citrus fruit and the care and effort that go into the growing of the oranges. Oranges were originally brought to Florida by explorers who came to Florida after visiting tropical islands. It’s often speculated that Spanish explorer Ponce de Leon was the first person to plant orange trees in Florida. He didn’t know that he…
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The photography world has changed completely over the past 2 decades and it is changing the world of marketing along with it- This article will use the citrus industry as a perfect example of how the citrus industry can utilize this in cutting costs and improving sales. The evolution of the digital world with cell phones now being able to capture images at decent quality and the everyday pocket camera be able to capture 10 megapixels as well as the typical SLR. The copyrighting of digital photography has become extremely difficult and it has become harder and harder as a…
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We all know that fruit is good for us, but few people actually know why. The story of fruit in America goes back several hundred years. Long before there was a state of Florida, locals were planting fruit there. The orange was cultivated along with several other citrus fruit crops, like the grapefruit, the lemon, and the lime. As it turns out, the money was not in fresh fruit. As popular as Florida oranges were, it was their juice that created the modern citrus industry in America. Rather, it was their frozen juice. Frozen concentrated orange juice became popular during…
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Most people tend to think of Clementine oranges as a small, tasty snack that they can eat when they do not feel like eating an entire orange. Initially created as an accidental hybrid between a mandarin and an orange more than a century ago, clementines are now found in just about every produce aisle in the United States. Their thin skins peel off with ease, and their flesh is sweet and juicy. Because they are so delicious, it is hard to imagine that anyone would want to do anything other than eat clementines. However, clementines have dozens of odd household…
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Summer is on the way and if you want to lose a little weight before summer arrives you should be eating Temple oranges. Changing your eating habits to include fresh fruit instead of high sugar and high fat snacks is one of the easiest ways to lose weight without radically changing your lifestyle. Temple oranges are low in calories and have the nutrients you body needs to be healthy. Temple oranges have around 80 calories per fruit. The average candy bar has about 300 calories, so eating Temple oranges in place of candy bars and other sweet treats is the…
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Navel Oranges are one of the most popular and unique citrus fruit. Oranges have many important health benefits to humans and millions drink orange juice daily as a source of vitamin C. Other important nutrients in navel oranges are beta-carotene, which prevents cell damage, calcium for strong bones, magnesium to maintain healthy blood pressure and potassium for cell electrolytes in balance. Navel oranges are high in fiber and can help improve cholesterol ratios in the body, which is important in controlling pre and full blown diabetes. Other nutrients in navel oranges are also known to help prevent some types of…
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Sometimes, just sometimes you go to the super market and actually know exactly what you want. You want three pounds of naval oranges for your son’s soccer game, you need 5 lemons for your lemonade, you need a bag of limes for your husband’s card game beers Saturday and of course you want to pick up a plethora of other fruits for the family to enjoy. You already know that you prefer Indian River fruit but nothing at the store is marked according to where the fruits are produced so you ask some of the employees and no one seems…