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Pernas Groves is a small American family farm located in the historic farming community of Redland in tropical south Florida. We take great pride in growing and producing the finest quality fruits and have been providing preferred, quality mangos and avocados since 1975. At Pernas Groves we have searched world-wide for the most outstanding mango and avocado cultivars, striving to bring you the best fruit available. We have sixteen outstanding cultivars of Mangos and 6 cultivars of Avocados. Mangos: Choc Anon, Fairchild, Florigon, Glenn, Gold Nugget, Haden, Keitt, Kent, Lancetilla, Mallika, Nam Doc Mai, Palmer, Springfels, Tommy Atkins, Valencia Pride and Van Dyke. We use no insecticides! When you purchase our fruit you can rest assured that you are receiving the highest quality fresh fruit direct from our south Florida grove right to your door.
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(This listing was last updated on Aug 14, 2011)
Contact Information
Tony Pernas
www.pernasgroves.com
Mailing Address:
22601 SW 180 Ct
Homestead, FL 33170
Farming Practices:
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integrated pest management
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Most mangos sold in the United States are produced by other nations requiring adherence to strict regimes to prevent introduction of pests such as fruit flies. While several quarantine treatments are available, hot water treatment (immersing the fruit in hot water) is by far the most popular. However, members of the mango industry have expressed concern that hot water treatment is one reason that mango quality at the consumer level is often substandard
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