Laugh all you want at my expensive fruit – these are beautiful!  The fruit is only picked when orders come in, so they’re not sitting around a warehouse or storage facility.  Sorted and boxed and sent via Fed Ex temp-controlled truck to the closest post office.  From there it’s brought to your door by the local USPS carrier.  I checked the first row and they’re all perfect. Seeing them in person, I’d say they are the Minneola oranges we see for a short time in early Spring. This was a lucky guess ’cause they’re my favorite citrus of all.   While I love those Cuties-type tangerines, it’s an awful lot of peeling for very little fruit…now these babies, on the other hand…

These are still BOGO for another week at Hale Groves.  Including shipping, I paid $44.93 for a box at least 18 pounds.  Order was placed January 6th and held until the weather cleared.  And I was wrong:  I can not eat a case of these at one sitting…