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Quality Harvesting

At Wonderful Citrus, an experienced field evaluation team continually measures our products’ internal and external characteristics such as size, color, sugar-to-acid ratios and the external quality of the fruit throughout the year. Using handheld technology, the team provides near real-time intelligence that enables us to harvest our fruit at the optimal point of maturity, which matches the fruit to our customers needs and guarantees a better product for our customers.

 

We combine this information with our assessment of customer demand to schedule all harvest activities. This allows us to get the best fruit to you when you need it – fresh off the tree. With our diverse portfolio of land throughout California, Texas and Mexico, as well as our dynamic harvesting labor force, we often find areas to pick fruit when others cannot due to poor weather or other adverse conditions. Once the harvest schedule is determined, our citrus products are handpicked and placed in containers for transport to one of our packing facilities.

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Wonderful’s innovative harvesting practices allow for consistent quality control.

  • Wonderful Citrus grows over 70% of all citrus that runs through our packinghouses.
  • Fruit Management System (FMS) grants us the ability to continuously evaluate all acres simultaneously.
  • Handheld wireless devices allow us to update crop conditions.
  • Strict harvesting practices ensure the safety of our fruit pickers and proper care of the fruit.
  • Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) based harvesting practices protect our products from food safety risks.
  • Traceability begins with harvest; every lot is tracked back to the block from which it was harvested.

Grove to Store

Grove to Store

We grow, pack and ship great citrus all year long.

Sustainable Innovation

Sustainable Innovation

Non-GMO & GAP-certified. And we always practice sustainable agriculture.