Our delicious Valencia Orange crop is well underway! A mild winter has kept the condition of our tasty oranges better than a typical season. The coloring is mostly orange, but as we go through Summer heat, we expect some customary regreening. But as always, here at Hale Groves, Green is Beautiful! The eating quality for these Summer Oranges has just the right amount of sweetness and is incredibly juicy! We look forward to an amazing Summer season!
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Continue ReadingFrom the Groves: As the warm weather of summer approaches, the anticipation for fresh, juicy fruits reaches its peak. Fortunately, Hale Groves is one of the best places to turn to for seasonal summer fruits that are bursting with flavor. From succulent Florida Peaches and Apricots to juicy, South Florida Mangos and Sweet Mountain Bing Cherries, we offer a wide variety of high-quality fruits that are freshly harvested and delivered straight to your doorstep. Whether you’re looking for a refreshing snack or a delicious addition to your favorite recipes, the summer fruits from Hale Groves are sure to please.
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From the Groves: Cara Cara Navel Oranges are known for their beautiful , deep red flesh, extraordinary flavor and abundant juice. Our Cara Cara trees are producing some of the best quality fruit that we’ve tasted in years. The sugar content is as high as we’ve ever tested and the acids are very mellow as we move into Spring. They will continue to be excellent until the end of April.
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Continue ReadingFrom the Groves: The Goldenbelle® crop is looking great this year. This Season we have even more delicious Goldenbelles® on the trees than last year! This delicious and special type of Spring Honeybell will sweeten up even more in the weeks to come! We look forward to an abundance of juicy and delicious pieces of fruit.
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From the Groves: Temples: The temple crop is coming along as scheduled. The fruit is coloring to the deep red orange that we hope for each season & the color for both the inside and outside of the fruit are gorgeous. These tasty delicacies are sampling deliciously sweet this year and we are looking forward to an excellent harvest. These little beauties will only be around for a limited time only so get them while supplies last!
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Continue ReadingFrom the Groves: Honeybells are the orange-lover’s dream! This season we have one of the best crops that we have witnessed in years! These Honeybells are fragrant and bursting with juice! The harvest on these rare delicacies has begun and are being prepared to ship. These delicious treats are only available from January to possibly mid-February while supplies last. Because of their fantastic flavor and limited availability, they are in huge demand. Order now before they’re gone!
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Continue ReadingOctober Grove Update: We’re thrilled so far with what we’re seeing across all of our varieties. Last years cooler, drier winter is paying off. The bloom was very uniform, which should translate to more consistent maturity and sizing. Grapefruit specifically is looking fantastic. During the summer, the trees are in a vegetative phase and utilize their resources for vegetation . The shift in weather patterns from summer rain to dry fall is what triggers the tree to transition out of the vegetative phase and move toward fruit maturation. Basically, “growing” season is over for the tree and the resources are…
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Continue ReadingGrove Update: Pear and Apple Orchards This season the Apples and Pears are looking great thanks to a very productive bloom on the trees! We have an excellent fall crop with volume growing to be even larger than last years. As we move our of the Summer heat and into the Fall, the cooler nights will bring out that great, crisp favor we all look for in these tasty treats.
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Continue ReadingGrove Update: The Empress plum tree is a very productive crop that bears a tasty, large, blue/violet fruit. This season we expect this delicious fruit to be firm, sweet, and juicy! Our Empress plum trees grow best in full sun with well-drained soil and have truly outdone themselves this year! We look forward to an incredible season!
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Continue ReadingGrove Update: Coming into July our Heritage Ruby Red Grapefruit are as good as they get! The internal and external color is absolutely stunning and they are exceptionally sweet with enough acid to give it that wonderful balance that you expect in premium grapefruit. We look forward to what the rest of the season brings!