In this 5 minute video Bill demonstrates picking Brewster lychee fruit and post harvest pruning. In this clip you get to see a lychee tree covered with ripe fruit and you also can appreciate the meaning
of "Low hanging fruit".
In this 5 minute video Bill shows the two different types of lychee trees in this grove (Sweetheart and Mauritius).
He demonsrates the difference between Sweetheart and Mauritius fruit and
shows how to determine fruit ripeness. The clip ends with instructions on how to peel and eat lychee fruit, for those who have not
yet had this marvelous experience.
July 2010 Update - The season is almost over.
We find ourselves at the middle of July with the lychee season pretty much over. Perhaps there are about 10 days to the very end. The Sweet HeartTM is finished this past weekend weekend and we will have plenty of fresh Brewster fruit
for sale at the grove.
You can come to our grove and purchase fruit through to the end of the third week in July. We are located at the end of the left hand Cul de Sac on SW 118th Terrace on the western side of the traffic turn circle. (3141 SW 118th Terrace). Follow the signs in from Flamingo Rd.
The Brewster Lychee is a later maturing variety which typically comes ripe in mid to late June, with this year being an exception. It has been one of the commercial mainstays of the Florida lychee industry
for many years and was the first lychee introduced into Florida at the very end of the 19th century by the Reverend William Brewster, who was a missionary in China.
The Brewster fruit is a very colorful lychee and attains a reddish purple color and completely smooth skin at the peak of ripeness. It is very juicy and becomes extremely sweet, although, unlike the Sweet HeartTM it has pre-dominantly large seeds.
The Emperor lychee is a relatively rare and unusual lychee fruit. When properly cultivated (thinned) the fruit can reach enormous size. Almost the size of a plum. The skin of the Emperor has
a rough texture and is thicker than the other varieties. The fruit has a very pleasant sub-acid sweet flavor and is the favorite of many lychee lovers.
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New Featured Article - "Lychee Growing Best Practices"
This illustrated article by grower Bill Mee answers a lot of questions regarding the successful growing of lychee trees.
This article puts forth the basic "rules of thumb" for getting lychee trees to grow fast and the overall cultural practices that will keep them
growing and fruiting consistently. The article shows graphic details of what you should do and what not to do.
To read the article Click here
If you are a grower of lychees or just love the fruit and want to ask come questions offline please call Bill Mee at (954) 648-6020.
A recent study conducted in Japan at the Department of Medical Management and Informatics, Hokkaido Information University,
concluded that a low molecular weight polyphenol (Oligonol) from lychee may reduce abdominal fat in people with metabolic syndrome.
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Featured Lychee Recipe - Grouper with a Lychee Chile Veloute
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Master Chef Peter Krause has created a marvelous recipe using fresh lychee, grouper and chile. The recipe is brilliantly illustrated in painstaking graphic and audio detail.
In all of our years of collecting and compiling recipes, that incorporate lychee, we must flatly say that this is the very best yet and sets the platinum standard for lychee cuisine.
Come and feast your eyes and palate on this masterpiece. We convey our enthusiastic gratitude to Peter for sharing his recipe with those of us who love lychee.
Featured Lychee Article
Learn the Particulars about Lychee Flowering - -
Almost every one who grows a lychee tree asks the same question: Why doesn't my tree bear any fruit? This is a common problem with lychee trees and
the answer and solution make for an interesting discussion. This article, divided into 5 parts, explains the morphology of lychee flowers and will help both the
backyard grower and commercial farmer in identifying essential characteristics of bloom pannicles as well as methods to overcome the reluctance of lychee trees to annually bloom.
Featured Lychee Product: Fresh Lychees, Kai Lychee Vodka and Emperor Lychee trees
The Sweet HeartTM is the very popular new fruit type from Homestead that has a large fruit and a small seed and as is considered one of the finest lychee fruit by everyone who has tried it. Last year the fruit was so popular that we sold out as soon as it became available. This fruit is very rare and hard to come by, but we have a very special arrangement with the primary grower.
To purchase Sweetheart lychees click here:
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The Mauritius
is a popular commercial variety with a larger seed, but a very pleasant sub-acid sweet flavor. It is typically an earlier variety than the Brewster.
To purchase Mauritius lychees click here:
Purchase Mauritius Lychees
The Brewsteer is a very sweet and juicy lychee with a large seed. It is a late maturing variety and has been a commercial favorite in South Florida for many years.
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Emperor Lychee Trees: After many years this rare variety of lychee is now available again. The Emperor lychee tree is a very unique variety.
It has a more diminuitive habit of growth than the Sweet HeartTM, Brewster or Mauritius and is especially suited to container culture.
Unlike most all other varieties the Emperor seems to be more tolerant to drying out, because of it's very vigorous and extensive root system. The Emperor is easily distinguished from
other lychee trees by the smaller leaf size. The fruit tends to be quite large and is characterized by prominent bumps on the pericarp (skin).
To view Emperor Treea and fruit click here:
Fruiting Emperor trees and fruit
Lychee Information Center
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