Sweet, Vibrant & Almost Gone—Cara Cara Navels Are at Their Peak! At Hale Groves, we believe the best fruit comes straight from nature—picked at its peak, never stored, and delivered fresh from the grove. Our Cara Cara Navels are the perfect example: bright orange on the outside, with a stunning pink-red interior and rich, balanced flavor. This season, we’re seeing exceptional size and quality straight from the field, thanks to favorable weather and just the right touch of acidity—ensuring every orange is as flavorful as it is beautiful. But the season is short, and it’s ending soon. Order now to…
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Continue ReadingTemple Oranges With favorable weather, we’re really encouraged by the progress of our temple crop. Early testing shows exceptionally high brix, consistently achieving 13 plus brix. We are beginning to see color breaking, and expect the recent cooler weather to help deliver temple’s famously deep orange color! Sizing will likely trend more similar to the past few seasons, and exterior and interior quality should be quite good. Temple crop should be ready to harvest as early as next week.
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Continue ReadingApples: The mild weather experienced in our growing regions during both spring and summer have helped to produce a large, clean, and healthy crop. We are thrilled to announce a significant increase in overall apple numbers compared to the past few years. The increased yield of delicious apples promises for a fantastic gift shipping season. Pears: The weather truly has been kind during our growing season this year, leading to a successful pear harvest. We are very pleased with the size distribution across all our pear varieties and honestly, the quality of the fruit has exceeded our expectations. We look forward to shipping some…
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Continue ReadingWe’re excited to share the latest from our beautiful orchards! Our Georgia Peaches are thriving under the perfect growing conditions that the region is famous for. The warm, sunny days and well-drained, fertile soil have worked their magic, and our peach trees continue to provide lush & juicy fruit. The peaches are showing vibrant colors and a promising sweetness that we can’t wait for you to enjoy. As we nurture these delightful fruits to perfection, we look forward to bringing you the freshest, juiciest, and most flavorful peaches of the season. The season won’t last long for these peachy customer…
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Continue ReadingSweet Mountain Bing Cherries: In the weeks and days leading up to harvest, there is a lot of attention on sampling cherries. Visually checking cherries for size, color, and quality – and tasting them too – is the best way to determine the optimal time to harvest. The day to harvest our cherry trees has come. Our farmers start picking with the rising sun in order to get the cherries off the tree before the heat of the day sets in. Each cherry is hand-picked from the tree! This is done because it’s the best way to avoid bruising, and maintain…
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Continue ReadingOur Florida Mango Season is going to be starting a bit later this year due to a dry, mild winter and spring. That being said, we have some exciting news to share. The delay in maturity means our mangos are going to be packed with enhanced flavor. Picture this: our fruit currently on the tree, is soaking up every bit of sunshine and sweetness nature has to offer. The result? Richer, sweeter, and more intense flavor profiles in every bite of our South Florida Mangos. Get ready to savor the taste of summer like never before! Stay tuned for updates…
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Continue ReadingCara Cara Navel Oranges are known for their beautiful , deep red flesh, extraordinary flavor and abundant juice. Externally the fruit is a deep orange color and the interior has the vibrant and beautiful pinkish red we look forward to seeing in our Cara Caras. The weather continues to be in our favor and we can tell you this fruit is going to arrive to you with the sweetness you have grown to know and love. We continue to thrive this season through the end of April!
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Continue ReadingWe’ve got some exciting news to share in our latest grove update about our new Gold Nugget Tangerines! Straight from the grove, we’re seeing some fantastic quality shining through. Picture-perfect and evenly colored, these little nuggets of sunshine are bursting with flavor! Inside, you’ll find juicy, vibrant orange flesh that’s as sweet as can be. And get this – the sugars are off the charts, giving you that perfect citrusy punch with every bite. So, get ready to enjoy a bounty of Gold Nuggets this season – it’s shaping up to be a truly golden one!
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Continue ReadingTemple Oranges: With favorable weather, we’re really encouraged by the progress of our temple crop. Our testing shows exceptionally high brix at 13, meaning they are sampling deliciously sweet this year. We are beginning to see color breaking, and expect the recent cooler weather to help deliver Temple’s famously deep orange color! These little beauties will only be around for a limited time so get them while supplies last! Honeybells: Our Hale Honeybells are now evenly colored, and we are seeing exceptional quality from our groves. We are sampling a great overall size and deliciously sweet citrus this year and expect…
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Continue ReadingGolden Honeybells are the orange lover’s dream! This season we have one of the best crops we have witnessed in years! Our Golden Honeybells are fragrant and bursting with juice! The harvest on these rare delicacies has almost begun and will then be prepared to ship directly from our groves to your doorstep! These juicy 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!