With the cool and wet winter, we are coming into a late start to our Peach and Nectarines season this year. The size and color of these juicy little morsels are absolutely beautiful and will have the incredible quality you have come to know and expect from Pittman & Davis. Having an extra week or two at the beginning of the season gives the fruit a chance to really develop the delicious sweetness you would expect for of our delicious stone fruits! We are looking forward to an abundant season of delicious peaches and nectarines!
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Continue ReadingDid You Know That Grapefruit Are Actually a Hybrid Fruit? If you’re craving fresh fruit, you can’t go wrong ordering fruit from Pittman & Davis! And if you’ve ever had fresh fruit delivered to your home from us, there’s a good chance grapefruits were a part of your gift order. It’s no secret that we at Pittman & Davis our proud of our grapefruit, and with good reason: our farmers raise the most delicious of all grapefruit varieties to perfection – Rio Ruby™ Red Grapefruit – and allow them to ripen fully on the tree so they can soak up…
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Continue ReadingFresh from the Sunbelt: We are currently gearing up for another amazing season for our Sweet Georgia Onions. We are almost ready to begin digging up these delicious layered beauties so they can be delivered fresh to your door. Our sweet onions are harvested by hand and then moved to be cleaned, sorted and dried for shipping! This year we have a favorable supply with the continued demand for these sweet onions and look forward to an excellent season!
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Continue ReadingHoney Mandarins (available now from Pittman & Davis) may be small, but they have huge flavor! About the size of a golf ball, these round, orange-colored beauties may resemble the ubiquitous navel orange (and indeed, both fruits are descendants of the mandarin orange), but they have a unique flavor all their own. The honey mandarin boasts a flavor sweeter than other citrus fruits because it’s lower in acid (meaning it’s easier on the stomach) and has a taste reminiscent of spiced honey. Their small sections and honey-sweet flavor are what make honey mandarin oranges a go-to citrus for salads…
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Continue ReadingFresh from the Sunbelt: As we approach the end of our Honey Mandarin season, the internal quality is at it’s peak. We’ll be harvesting for just a few more weeks. They are eating very well and internal color is a rich, deep orange. We’re also very happy with the size this year as they are a little larger than what we’ve seen recently.
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Continue ReadingWith April upon us winter citrus season is fast coming to an end. But you still have time to enjoy healthy, juicy citrus treats when you order through Pittman & Davis…we’re delighted to announce that our best-selling Honey Mandarins are now available! What are Honey Mandarin Oranges? Before getting into what makes a fruit a Honey Mandarin, it might be useful to know more about mandarins as a whole. The mandarin (also known as the mandarin orange) is one of the original citrus species (along with the citron, a lemon-like fruit, and the pomelo, a grapefruit-like fruit) from which…
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Continue ReadingThe best time to buy fruit is when it’s in season because that’s when you’re sure to get the best, tastiest, healthiest fruit available. Eating in-season produce provides more nutrition and more flavor. When you buy fruit boxes from Pittman & Davis, you can be sure that the fruit inside was allowed to ripen naturally. That’s because we know that fruits that are allowed to naturally ripen on the tree and harvested at the proper time have much more flavor and nutrition. Produce that’s not in season undergoes early picking, cooling, and heating that reduces the flavor. In-season fruits…
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Continue ReadingFresh fruit baskets from Pittman & Davis are packed with delicious fruits of all kinds – citrus fruit, orchard fruits, drupes and more. But those aren’t the only classifications. Another category of fruits are labeled multiple and aggregate fruits. But how do we distinguish between these two types? When you send fruit baskets to loved ones, you might know already that the fruits in them come from the flowers of plants – that’s true of all fruits. The flower is the reproductive structure of a plant, and once fertilized, the ovaries mature into fruits. While all fruits have that…
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Continue ReadingDo berries count as fruit? That may seem like a strange question…after all, berries fit the generalized definition of fruit, i.e. the sweet, fleshy, seed-holding structure of a flowering plant. So why would there be any question about it? What springs to mind when you hear the word, “fruit?” If you’re like many Americans you’ll think first of the fruits commonly found in your local produce section or in popular fruit gift boxes from Pittman & Davis: Navel Oranges, Grapefruits, Apples, and Pears. You might also think of common fruits you can buy locally that our fruit baskets do…
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Continue ReadingDid your mom ever give you a glass of orange juice at the first sign of the sniffles? It’s commonly believed that citrus fruit combats colds, but the notion that drinking lots of orange juice will prevent a cold that’s already started from getting worse, or will shorten the amount of time you’re sick, is false. (Though it’s true that drinking plenty of fluids while ill replenishes fluids lost through fever sweats, runny noses, and diarrhea, and staying hydrated makes it easier for your blood to circulate, which in turn allows your white blood cells to fight off a…