Remember that old commercial where the cartoon boy asks the cartoon owl how many licks it takes to get to the chocolate center of a lollipop? In case that was before your time, the answer was “three” – at least, that’s how many licks it took before the owl got impatient…
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Continue ReadingWe know fruit is good for us. The USDA recommends that the average adult eat two servings of fruit per day. The American Heart Association takes it further, recommending four to five servings of fruit per day for optimum heart health. And in recent years, health care professionals have espoused…
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Continue ReadingWhen it comes to where to buy fruit baskets, we at Hale Groves can be a bit biased towards our own fruit baskets and gourmet goodies. Well, that’s easy to understand – we’re the ones who wait until the fruit we send you reaches its perfection before we pick it,…
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Some of us look forward to the time of year when tangelos are in season with a passion that just may border on fanatical. But who can blame us? With a zesty fragrance and a sweet-and-tangy flavor that bursts over your tastes buds the moment you bite into it, these…
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Continue ReadingThe weather and other growing conditions are allowing for amazing quality, both inside and out. Our Cara Cara Navels are really juicy and we will have a good supply of them until the end of the month. Our Navel Oranges are excellent in taste and should be available through the…
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Continue ReadingMonthly fruit clubs have been around for a while – long before the Internet, in fact. And they’re generally far more welcome gifts than the jelly-of-the-month club Clark Griswold’s cheap boss foisted off on him in lieu of a bonus in the film Christmas Vacation: fruit gifts by mail have…
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Continue ReadingIt’s been said that, by the time the pandemic finally peters out, each one of us will be one (or possible two) of the following: a hunk, a chunk or a drunk! If you’d prefer to be a hunk – or at least fit and healthy! – it might be a good…
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Continue ReadingHale Groves is known for the quality of our fruit – and that includes our nuts and dried fruits! Did you know that nuts are actually fruits? It’s true – nuts are considered to be dry, single-seed fruits with protective husks. No matter how you define them, though, nuts are…
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Continue ReadingFolks, grab hold of your serrated grapefruit spoons: there just may be something in that whole “grapefruit diet” thing after all! Researchers there found that the simple act of adding grapefruit or grapefruit juice to one’s diet can indeed result in weight loss. Principal researcher Dr. Ken Fujioka with the…
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Continue ReadingWhen you consider fruit delivery as a gift, it makes sense to go with one of the more exotic and rare varieties that you won’t normally find in a grocery store. That’s where Cara Cara Navel Oranges come in as a great choice! When you hear the term “Navel Orange,”…