Reviews for: McManigle Grove

Reed avocados were fresh picked as indicated this time, lovely and blemish free.The Eureka lemons were old, soft , bruised, looked like they were off the ground not the tree.

I just received my order today. Quick shipping, Thanks. Making Persimmon pudding for the Holidays.

Just received the 5 lb pack. Contained 4 huge rosy grapefruit. I have a tiny 1lb scale. One grapefruit maxed out the scale at 1 1/4 lb. I think the fruit was about 1 1/2 lb, which means I got more than 5lbs. The sections were heavy with juice, and quite delicious. Just right, Not too acidic. Too easy to eat. Can't stop eating. Fresh picked makes a big difference. They can pick it ripe. A great crop this year

This is my second order from McManigle farms and the passion fruits were superb!

Excellent!!! Thank you!

These guavas were superb in every way. I'm looking forward to ordering more next season.

Originally excited about the price and quantity (4 lbs), but then ultimately disappointed. Box arrived crammed with fruit, but no netting, or paper to protect the fruit. Must have been the last of the season, but so many arrived very dented, a couple appeared to have mold on it, and many were dried out inside once opened. Emailed owner many times about condition of fruit (with pics) and received replies that that's the way they're supposed to look? I've bought from many other farms and never have they looked in this bad of a condition.

Come and order from this seller. I ordered few days ago and the item came quick. The quality of the fruit its as its best, also one of the hardest to find specially locally. I am from Puerto Rico and i use to eat them as my younger age around summer time. I cant complaint at all. I will order more next month. Thank you.....

My husband and I got addicted to these incredible fruits. We have ordered three boxes of them for the last three months. They would always arrive in excellent condition and fast. Cannot wait till the next year.

This was my first time trying the Reed variety of avocado. They arrived in perfect condition. They weren't ripe yet and took 3-4 days to be edible. They were perfect inside and had a flavor not unlike the Haas variety. The flesh was free of any brown strings or black spots. This is important to me because I live in a rural part of Maine and it's difficult to get good avocados here. They often have brown spots and strings inside and can be overripe. I was very pleased as well because I'm getting up there and it's hard to go out to shop anymore. So the convenience of having them come right to my door was great.

I had no idea how fantastic Reed Avocados were until I nearly passed them by at a local farm stand last month. Haas had been my benchmark for tasty avocado, and now I am spoiled forever by Reeds! I ordered 10 pounds to be sent to my best friend back East...and the report from Long Island is that now THEY are hooked. Almost hate to announce how good these are, so everyone PLEEZE save some for me to order in season!

After ordering about 120 lbs of blood oranges from Grateful Davis (they're incredible) I decided to try out these grapefruits... VERY glad I did - they are incredibly fresh and perfectly ripe!

When I informed the farm that a few arrived spoiled they *promptly* replaced the grapefruits and added a few extra for good measure. Now that is service - they won a customer for life!

I highly recommend buying fruit from this farm. They are very courteous when you have a problem they take care of it right away no further questions asked. I'm a faithful customer Thank you for excellent service

This my third year shopping for my checklists all are well packaged they arrive in excellent condition I will continue and from them try them you will love this fruit

I have ordered passion fruit from McManigle Farms a number of times. I have been pleased every time. I first fell in love with passion fruit in the Dominican Republic and I am so excited that I can get passion fruit here in the states. I swear George hand delivers them to my house! Every time I get a craving, I get on here and order some. The next day or two they are on my front porch. OUTSTANDING CUSTOMER SERVICE! I wish they were in season all the time, craving some now 3/4/14 :(

I ordered twice from this Farm.First order was ok but the second order 70% of passion fruit was cracked,dry,rotten!!!I will never ever purchase from this Farm.Terrible quality on the second order!Shame on the Farm!!

The Guavas(5 lbs) that i ordered were not packed properly and there was a small hole in my packet when it arrived. This of course resulted in almost all the guavas rotting in the journey. I am highly disappointed and wont order from these guys again.

I've been ordering Guavas for a couple of years and have always been pleased with the order each time. They arrive very quickly, are always fresh and ready to eat.

I recieved my order really fast and was pleased with the speed of shipping and the generous amount recieved. Only thing is that they are not red like the ones I buy in the grocery store in November. And the seeds inside are a light pink to white,and I was wondering,will they turn red and ripen like some other fruits,if not,they were picked too early for my taste. Will they ripen if I leave them alone for a while? It is one of my favorite fruits and I will be very disappointed if they do not ripen for me. Thanks, Dan

I've visited the grove about 2 weeks ago and met George, the owner. He was great and extremely informative. He gave my wife and I a quick tour of his trees that are extremely well maintained and taken care of. I can't even begin to describe the quality of the fruits I have purchased, just perfect and juicy. I will definitely be visiting more often as we both enjoyed the grove and talking to George. Thank you!

This vendor and his products are GREAT!!! They arrive within 24-48 hours of ordering EVERY time. Product is always very carefully packaged.

We got an order once that seemed a bit small and on our next order he went above and beyond giving us extra! No fuss or grief!

We have ordered more than 5 times now...hmmm...thinking about it, it's almost time to order again!!!

Okay--these lemons are unreal!!! You won't believe how delicious they smell and taste! They are beautiful, fragrant, and amazingly delicious. Order more than you think you will need, because you will want more.

Next season, I plan to order as many as possible. Try them--you will LOVE them!

I live in the Northeast and can hardly find passion fruit in the summer, much less into the colder months. I've been ordering from McManigle for the past couple years, and I'm so pleased with the fruit. I generally order at the end of summer and freeze the fruit to last me through the winter. It comes quickly, and the quality is very good. Yes, there are always a couple fruit in the box that aren't up to par, but in a box with several dozen passion fruit, I consider that a pretty good ratio. I have recommended this farm to several people and will continue to order in the future.

I must say I'm surprised that one of the 2 reviews was so poor. 2 summers ago in 2 different orders, I ordered passion fruits from this farm, and they were juicy and ripe. Of course I was making jelly/jam from these, and not eating them out of hand. Eating them out of hand would have been a task that should only be attempted over the sink.

They were ripe enough that they were a bit runny and juicy on the inside, but none were "dry", or spoiled. Several in the shipment arrived with something that looked like mold on their wrinkly hides, but I washed with dilute soap and a soft brush before I cut into them.

I'd never ordered passion fruit before so I had no idea that a little mold was not the end of the world. As a matter of fact , when I complained that I had to trash several of the first shipment...This farmer was very patient to explain that they can look a bit rough on the outside but because of the thickness of the outer layers the insides were seldom effected. The next shipment contained several extra fruits ...(more than I threw out from the first shipment ). The amount of juice was ...abundant and aromatic. They made DELICIOUS low sugar jam.

My guess is that, this year no fruit will be consistent all season. Between extreme drought, then extreme rains...I expect you could get from one extreme to the other if ordering several weeks apart from the same farms.

I hope you have better luck next time, call, or email ahead and tell them you want fruit with firm flesh to eat out of hand. I'm sure they will accomodate if they can. Sincerely, BE Kitchens

I have been a Passion Fruit nut since a very early age picking them off the vine for my breakfast when I spent the summers during school Vacation in Puerto Rico.

Although I've ordered these twice I came away Very disappointed each time at the small, nearly empty husks of purple leather that were purported to be Passion Fruit. I made the descision to buy them twice because there are no others availible and for me, having something close is "something at least". I really like passion fruit so i will take what I can get when there is a lack but I must inform you who think these are what they are supposed to be, No,.these are lower rung examples at best. Nearly a third of what was delivered were the size of an egg with a teaspoon of runny yellow water inside and the rest were just a bit closer to a lemon in size but sour and rather dry inside. I'll admit, among the entire order there were maybe five that were correct inside and out but they were the exception.

If you really want the good stuff you won't find it here. wait till Next year and see if the Golden Passion Fruit come back, They were missing this year because a storm destroyed the crop. I am Hopeful the farm can produce them in the upcoming year and restore my favorite fruit to my breakfast menu.

F. Cruz

ease of order and quickness of shipping 10 receiving the item and happy with the condition that I received them in 10!!! first cut 8 Ease of peel 6 NOTES it split in a brittle fashion a if it wasn't completely ripe Color 4 NOTES I expected a nice deep red flesh as the predominant color of the oranges. The red flesh was less than the orange flesh. Taste (to be clear it I bit into a sweet mildly different oranges the color and the peel would have meant nothing. However As I bit into my blood oranges it was sour almost like tangy and definitely not what a blood orange experience should be like Shipping 10 Condition when I received 10 First cut 3 ease of peel 4 taste 2 Out of a fifty point rate system 29/50

Rich and deep - I have never had a honey this deep and rich!

Ours is going into some lemon/honey/basil beer we're brewing - I think the deep richness of this honey will contrast nicely with the lemon.

Wonderful lemons, a little sweeter than the 'standard' lemon. They make an excellent salad dressing, just squirt a half on your salad!

We have a batch of lemoncello down featuring these lemons, and are brewing some lemon/honey/basil beer with his avocado honey and his lemons. We can't wait to taste the results!

Large, fresh, tasty fruit. I am a long time glutten for most passion fruit supplied through "Local Harvest" farms and have made multiple prior purchases of passion fruit. This farm has stood out as the supplier furnishing fruit that has arrived at my table in the best condition. I will purchase again. Thanks.

I just placed my second order of persimmons from McManigle Grove...............a week ago I ordered 20# and everyone that visits my house LOVES them..............I just ordered 20 more pounds to share with friends and family..........They are so delicious............and they arrived at my house in Minnesota within 2 days of my order...................Our Christmas is definitely going to be filled with Persimmons..........I call it "our new found fruit".............Thank you George from your "new found friends" in Minnesota..............

>Peace 'N' Love< Jeanie and family

This is my third passion fruit shipment, and I got guava this time too. Their fruit is always of excellent quality, never spoiled. They're honest about what to expect (ie, "We ship guava unripe because otherwise it wouldn't survive shipment"). I always receive my order within a week. I can't tell you how thrilled I am when I come home and see their box at my door. :) --JMF