Hale Groves

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The Hale difference: You’ll see and taste it in everything we offer.

Since 1947 Hale Indian River Groves has earned a reputation as America’s foremost source for Florida’s finest citrus – whether you send fine fruit as gifts, or order for your own household. People tell us our fruit arrives fresher – and tastes better – than any other fruit. Here’s why:

At Hale, our fruit experts keep a close, daily eye on the trees, the skies, the birds and bees – and the fruit itself. They bring a level of knowledge and expertise that is unsurpassed – even here in Florida.

We’re located in Vero Beach, Florida, in the heart of the Indian River region, which has been recognized as one of the very few places on Earth where sandy soil, clear sunlight, ample water and warm temperatures come together to work a special sort of magic.

Unlike fruit grown in desert or upland climates, our bright sunshiny days and warm balmy nights produce fruit that is truly “Tropical” – thin-skinned, exceptionally juicy, naturally sweet and flavorful.

But fruit like ours doesn’t just grow on trees.

The experts at Hale Groves spend most of their time out in the groves, relentlessly sampling, inspecting and monitoring the quality of the fruit. Each day they combine their unique art with hard science to produce extraordinary flavor and sweetness– and to harvest it at the perfect moment.

When it’s ripe and ready to pick, our experts say the fruit has a “high Brix count.” One taste and you’ll say: “Delicious!”

When we receive your order, your fruit is still on the tree!

We keep our fruit inventory growing on the trees, ripening and sweetening in the bright Florida sunshine until the last possible moment before shipping. There’s no warehouse at Hale Groves. No middleman. No cold storage.

We pick, pack and ship all of our fruit in one swift, continuous operation – straight off the tree, direct to you and your friends. When it comes to freshness and flavor, supermarket citrus simply can’t compete with Hale. To get any fresher, you’d have to pick it yourself.

The quality’s unmatched because we pick and pack everything by hand.

Hale fruit is in a class all its own. We know, because we insist that each piece pass several levels of inspection before it’s certified as Hale “Pick-of-the-Crop” quality.

Each piece of fruit we ship must run the gamut of Hale’s pickers, sorters, inspectors and packers – each with absolute veto power over the fruit that passes through their hands. If something doesn’t measure up to our rigorous – some say fanatical – standards … out it goes! You’ll never see questionable fruit in the gifts we ship to you and your friends.

When we design a shipping container, we put our reputation in it.

Starting with our signature crush-proof corrugated Orange boxes themselves – so rigid and sturdy, you can stand on them without buckling them. Each piece of fruit in our standard gifts is individually cradled inside our Protect-a- TrayTM system to prevent bruising. Then each shipper is fitted with a layer of foam padding to keep the trays from shifting in transit.

Everything’s shipped in climate-controlled trucks to protect your gift from freezing temperatures. That’s how we can guarantee fresh, perfect arrival every time.