Oranges, facts and some fiction.

If you drink orange juice you have probably had some produced by the Southern Gardens Citrus here in Clewiston, Fl. They are the worlds largest supplier of pure Florida, not from concentrate OJ, to private label and major brands. They are also a major supplier of OJ from concentrate. When a buyer orders juice from concentrate they will specify orange variety, mixes, with or without pulp. The concentrate procedure removes the pulp, if the buyer wants pulp in the concentrate then the pulp has to be mixed back in, however it could be from a different variety than the juice. SG has several million trees in the area and computer controls the watering and fertilizing.
The 2 prime juice oranges are Hamlin and Valencia. The Hamlin is ready for harvesting from December through February and Valencia staring in March.
Juice oranges must be hard in texture to withstand the pressure of being piled high in the trailers.

One chick said to the other, "did you see that orange mama laid"




The Clewiston plant, trailers of oranges awaiting processing, the steam is from the evaporators removing water to make concentrate.
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Just above the middle truck you can see a trailer load being dumped on the conveyer belt that takes the fruit into the processing plant




My squeeze and I trying to make a few extra bucks hauling oranges.

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Location:Cleweston, Fl