UPDATED: September 17, 2024

CROP REPORT
by Jeff Schorner, owner

September 17, 2024

It's Citrus, Gift Fruit Shipping Time!
Welcome Back to our 47th Florida Citrus
season at Al's Family Farms.

We're located in the heart of the Indian River
Growing Region. Thanks for joining us for another
fantastic & fruitful year! We appreciate you allowing
us to share our freshest, tastiest local citrus with you
and your loved ones this season.

FL Early Pride

FL Navels

FL SugarBelles
Honeybells

FL Red Grapefruit

FL Peaches

(Pics above are current varieties of the season)

How's the new season shaping up, what's shipping, what's next?
Great growing conditions produced a superb Florida Citrus crop
at Al's for 2024-25. What a difference a year makes. (The grove
store will open on Oct. 22nd with Early Pride Mandarins.)
Next SugarBelles will join our classic, Florida Navels, Glory Orris
and Heirloom Temple Oranges. Of course our world famous, Indian
River Grapefruit will be unequaled in quality as always. 

What's Shipping When?

I still have to test the internal maturities of each variety but
from what I see this week, riding the groves I feel we will
have Early Pride Mandarins that are shipping worthy quality
on or before Oct 22nd.
Our Florida grown Navel Oranges, & Ruby Red Grapefruit
will be right behind them, in the store by the end of October
and be of shipping quality by early November. 

 
2nd & 3rd Generation, Al's Family Farms 

*Good News- Our world famous, Indian River Grapefruit will be
available for shipping every month from Late October through
early April.

🍊LATE JULY CROP REPORT Citrus season has ended. Now it's all about Georgia PEACHES!
GA Peach Report- LAST CALL FOR SHIPPNG! This year we've had a fantastic crop of LARGE, sweet, Chin Drip'n Georgia Peaches to share but all good things must come to an end! Yes, this is the final few days to order our large, sweet dripping with juice, PEACHES. (Shipping ends next week)

🍊JUNE CROP REPORT Citrus shipping has ended for the season so now it's all about our amazing Georgia Peaches...THEY'RE NOW ON SPECIAL!

GA Peach Report- Reserve Now for JUNE! This year we have a fantastic crop of large, sweet, Chin Drip'n Georgia Peaches to share this season! They will be large, sweet and dripping with juice. (Shipping begins in mid-June and lasts thru July)

Genuine Vidalia Sweet Onions! TAKE 20% OFF... Every May for over 30 years we've headed north to Vidalia, Georgia to harvest their world-famous Sweet Onions. We left Monday for the harvest , loaded our trucks and headed back on Tuesday with our own private stock of fresh, Vidalia Onions! Packing and shipping began on Thursday, May 2nd. THE BIG SPRING SALE IS STILL ON!

🍊MAY 9th CROP REPORT  HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!

Juicy, Florida Valencia Oranges (LAST CALL) or our private stock of GA Vidalia Sweet Onions (NOW SHIPPING). Valencia Juice Oranges and Georgia Vidalia Onions are BOTH ON SALE NOW in Al's BIG SPRING SALE!

 
LAST CALL! Al's Valencia MEGA-TRAY (App. 18lbs of FL Valencias...Includes a FREE jar of orange blossom honey & juice sipper)

 

20% OFF!... HURRY- AL'S BIG SPRING SALE ends May 25!
If you're a juice lover but live too far away to come to Al's for your juice, no worries- we can ship you a no frills box of Fresh Valencia JUICE ORANGES to squeeze at home.

Fresh FLORIDA Valencia Oranges- Enjoy the world's most popular orange. We're proud of our locally grown, Indian River Valencias since they're the absolute sweetest grown anywhere in the world. We hope to still have them available for shipping thru Mid-May.

Genuine Vidalia Sweet Onions! TAKE 20% OFF... Every May for over 30 years we've headed north to Vidalia, Georgia to harvest their world-famous Sweet Onions. We left Monday for the harvest , loaded our trucks and headed back on Tuesday with our own private stock of fresh, Vidalia Onions! Packing and shipping began on Thursday, May 2nd. THE BIG SPRING SALE IS ON!

GA Peach Report- Reserve Now for JUNE! This year we have a fantastic crop of large, sweet, Chin Drip'n Georgia Peaches to share this season! They will be large, sweet and dripping with juice. (Shipping begins in mid-June and lasts thru July)

🍊April 29th CROP REPORT  MOTHER'S DAY IS MAY 12TH!

Matt says it's LAST CALL for Al's Florida Peaches! MOTHER'S DAY is coming soon... To remember Mom with a delicious, early gift of Al's Florida Peaches please order them by Tues. April 30th.
Other Mother's Day favorites include: Juicy, Florida Valencia Oranges or our private stock of GA Vidalia Sweet Onions (harvesting has just begun). Order Valencias or Vidalia Onions by Tues. May 6th for arrival by Mother's Day.

FL Peach Report- LAST CALL! We have a fantastic crop of sweet, Florida Peaches this season! My son, Matt and his crew are picking peaches twice per week for shipping and the store at the Red Barn Grill. Petite, sweet, FL Peaches actually test even higher brix (sugar) than Georgia Peaches do. Free 2 Day Shipping included! MOM'S SPECIAL DAY IS COMING!

 
LAST CALL FOR FREE SHIPPING! Al's Valencia MEGA-TRAY (App. 18lbs of FL Valencias...Includes a FREE jar of orange blossom honey & juice sipper)
Free Shipping Offer on Al's Mega-trays ENDS APRIL 30!
A GREAT GIFT FOR MOM!

20% OFF SALE ends May 10!
If you're a juice lover but live too far away to come to Al's for your juice, no worries- we can ship you a no frills box of Fresh Valencia JUICE ORANGES to squeeze at home. MOTHER'S DAY IS MAY 12TH!

Fresh FLORIDA Valencia Oranges- MOTHER'S DAY GIFT IDEA! Now is the right time to remember Mom or enjoy the world's most popular orange. We're proud of our locally grown, Indian River Valencias since they're the absolute sweetest grown anywhere in the world. We hope to still have them available for shipping thru May 10th.

Genuine Vidalia Sweet Onions! Every May for over 30 years we've headed north to Vidalia, Georgia to harvest their world-famous Sweet Onions. We leave early Monday for the harvest and we'll load our trucks on Tuesday with our own private stock of fresh, Vidalia Onions! We should begin packing and shipping the onions on Thursday, May 2nd. SHIPPING FOR MOTHER'S DAY!

April 11, 2024

It's Citrus, Gift Fruit Shipping Time!
Welcome Back to our 46th Florida Citrus
season at Al's Family Farms.

We're located in the heart of the Indian River
Growing Region. Thanks for joining us for another
fantastic & fruitful year! We appreciate you allowing
us to share our freshest, tastiest local citrus with you
and your loved ones this season.

Peak Season! FL Valencias
Ending Soon- FL Ruby Reds<