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Make decorating for your next baby or wedding shower easy by using fruit tower gifts to decorate. Fruit tower gifts make fabulous decorations for wedding showers and baby showers and even wedding receptions. Using fruit tower gifts as decorations is a great way to get more for your money because you are getting festive decorations and a great healthy snack in one fruit tower. You can use fruit tower gifts as centerpieces on tables to give guests the option of eating a healthy snack and to decorate the tables with the bright colors of the fruit and the party themed…

Trying to find the right gifts for family members can be tough because everyone has individual tastes and interests but fruit gifts are always the right fit for family members. Everyone enjoys getting delicious fresh citrus fruit no matter what their ages are, or what their interests are. You can send fruit gifts for birthdays, graduations, anniversaries or other events and be confident that your family members will enjoy the fruit gifts that you send. Kids love tasty fresh citrus fruit and so do adults. If you are sending gifts to family members far away sending fruit gifts will actually…

Hale’s Indian River Groves in October (con’t…) The summer breezes from the Gulf Stream, just off the coast, help temper Florida’s heat throughout the protected Indian River growing region, on Florida’s southeast coast. The breezes cool the fruit, but the swaying of the tree sometimes cause minor external blemishes (wind scarring) from the fruit rubbing up against other fruit and branches. Ronnie tells us that fortunately it hasn’t been an extremely windy season, meaning the citrus this season has a very clean appearance. The photo in this newsletter of Hale’s Navels was taken recently on an 88 degree fall day;…

Easter is coming fast but this year surprise your friends and family members with a different gift. Send fruit to your loved ones this year instead of sending chocolate or flowers. Most people have chocolate coming out their ears when Easter comes around, especially if they have kids and have chocolate filled Easter baskets all over the house. Send fruit to your relatives and friends this year to give them a refreshing and sweet gift that is natural and delicious and not chocolate. Healthy fruit like oranges and grapefruits are a wonderful alternative to chocolate. Some people don’t eat refined…

When you plan to give a gift, the gift itself is only part of the presentation. You also have to plan the wrapping, the mode of delivery, and even your behavior when you give the gift to its recipient. Depending on what you have in mind, this can involve a simple handoff to an elaborate plan involving time, place, and emotion. If you’re giving a fruit basket as a gift for the holidays, you’ve got the opportunity to make any number of gift presentations. Really, the possibilities are only as limited as your imagination, but we’ve provided a few suggestions…

You may think fruit shipping is as easy as throwing a few pieces of fruit into a box and shipping it, but it is much more regulated then that. You need follow the fruit shipping guidelines and ensure that you stay within the federal standards of food safety if you are going to send fruit to your son in college, cousins in a different state or daughter studying abroad. It is best to check either on the internet, at your United States Postal Service location or contact the United States Department of Agriculture for any information on restrictions before you…