Order Your Fresh Lychee Fruit Now for Lychee Season 2013
Well the first lychee fruit are coming ripe. Actually this is a little earlier than we first expected. In past years we typically begin shipping fruit during the last week in May. This year we will ship our first fruit
on Wednesday May 15th. Unfortuately, as a result of a late Spring cold snap we are not going to have as much fruit as we did last year, but we should have just enough for our lychee enthusiasts.
While the ever popular Sweet HeartTM variety are in high demand do not underestimate the great taste experience of the Mauritius fruit.
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The first fruit to come available will be the, now more popular than ever,
Sweet HeartTM variety. The Mauritius variety will become available shortly thereafter at the end of May and beginning of June.
From the middle of June to the July 4th weekend Brewster lychee fruit will be available. To top things off at the end of June we should have the rare and unusual (because they are as large as small plums) Emperor lychees.
Last year the season ended abruptly following the July 4th weekend. It was not a good season in terms of availability of fruit, although there have been worse.
For those of you still wondering why there were not much in the way of lychee fruit in 2012, the basic rason was due to the unseasonably warm winter of that year.
Warm winters are detrimental for lychee bloom induction and subsequent fruit set.
Most people who understand and have tasted tropical fruit will agree that lychee is perhaps one of the finest tasting tropical fruits in the "tropical world". This, of course is not to slight mangos, of which there are some phenomenally delicious tasting varities (i.e. Carrie, Julie, Kent, Keitt, etc.)
Both from my own experience and reports coming back from the field suggest that a chilled Sweet HeartTM lychee fruit is in fact a better tasting experience than a
Mangosteen, which is widely considered the King of All Fruits. I have discussed this with many of our lychee loving friends who have experience Mangosteens and there is almost universal concurrence.
So there you have it. The Sweet HeartTM lychee, when chilled is the best tasting tropical fruit on the planet.
Do I only wish that we had an unlimited supply of these fruit!
The ideal situation for bloom induction involves entering the cooler months in a state of dormancy.
Typically, lychee trees grow in recurrent flushes of growth followed by periods of dormancy. When an emerging growth flush is exposed to
ambient temperatures below 68 degrees F the new growth will emerge as bloom. Under normal circumstances bloom will occur sometime between the middle of January and the middle of February.
This is not always the case as evidenced by a very late bloom (end of March) two years ago.
Grove Video from 2011 - Bill Shows the Status of Sweetheart and Mauritius 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.
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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.
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 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
*** Sign Up for Our Newsletter and Get the Latest Info on When Fresh Lychees Will be Available (See below lower right) ***
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.
New Featured Video - "The Most Frequesntly Asked Questions About Growing Lychees"
This short video asnwer some of the most commonly posed questions regarding lychee culture such as
"How big will my tree get?"
"Why doesn't my Tree Produce Fruit?"
"How Long Will it Take for My Tree to Product Fruit?"
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.
To read an extract of the article Click Here to read a summary of the article in NutraIngredients.com
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Featured Lychee Recipe - Grouper with a Lychee Chile Veloute
View Recipe and Preparation Procedure - -
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: 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:
Purchase Sweetheart Lychees
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 Brewster 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.
To purchase Haak yip lychees click here:
Purchase Brewster Lychees
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
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