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From the Groves: Georgia Peaches: Our dedicated and passionate orchard hands work continuously toward sustainable, eco-conscious farming techniques that will keep producing the very best fruits today and for years to come. Our fruit is looking similar to last years harvest, which means the will be just as juicy and delicious as you remember! We are looking forward to an excellent season..  

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.  

From the Groves: The Goldenbelle® crop is looking great this year. There are less overall pieces on the trees, which results in each piece receiving more nutrients than when we have heavier crops. Less pieces is a good thing! In addition, we’re looking at slightly larger fruit sizes and higher brix/sugar levels than last season. We will have plenty of delicious fruit for all of our customers.  

From the Groves: Temples: The temple crop is coming along as scheduled. The cold weather over the last few weeks has brought on a rich orange color for both the inside and outside of the fruit. These delicious little beauties will only have them available for a few weeks. Honeybell Update: In early December, we had some cool nights that were bringing the Honeybells along nicely. Just before Christmas, and into the new year, the weather warmed up and slowed the maturity up a bit. Luckily, we’ve had some cold weather for a few weeks which has brought on that…

From 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, but our supply is bountiful. Because of their fantastic flavor and limited availability, they are in huge demand. Order now before they’re gone!  

From the Groves: The Citrus is looking amazing this Winter! With the dryer climate conditions and cooler weather the fruit is coloring up nicely and the brix/sugars have surpassed last year‘s at the same time. Our Sugar Belles have a brix around 11.50 – 12.00 and is more firm with an even better size than last year’s crop! Our sweet and delicious, Holiday Golds Mandarins have an amazing batch as always and eat just like candy! The color is coming along nicely and honestly are a huge customer and employee favorite! Harvest has begun on both our Navels and Grapefruit.…

From the Groves: We are very encouraged to report brix trending a full point higher than this time last year. We continue to be excited about external quality, and seeing fruit break color much more consistently than previous seasons. Grapefruit internal and external quality is exceptional and the size is looking decent as well. This years crop is sure to impress! Looking into November we will continue to watch weather patterns and hope for continued cooler, drier periods. This becomes important for the trees to switch from a vegetative state that produces leaves into focusing on storing energy and sweetness…

From the Groves: 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 shifted…