Sweet Heart Lychee TM brand lychee fruit is a rising star. It's a fresh, luscious lychee with an very small seed. As soon as you remove it's textured, crimson colored peel and taste the delicious, fleshy, white fruit, you know that Sweet Heart Lychee TM brand lychee fruit is indeed something special.

    The fruit itself has a large, distinct heart shape. It is also very sweet - hence the name Sweet Heart. The tree is hearty and thrives in South Florida's sub tropical climate. Spring showers usually coincide with annual lychee harvesting time. Sweet Heart Lychee TM, less prone to anthracnose, produces more first quality looking fruit. Other lychees are best eaten when the skin color is completely red, unlike Sweet Heart Lychee TM which might be red in color, but also may retain some green color on the peel as well. Sweet Heart Lychee TM are some of the first lychees to ripen at the beginning of the season and that usually begins around the end of May.

   It is the superior quality of the Sweet Heart Lychee TM brand that makes it so special. To ensure the freshest fruit gets to market, lychees under the Sweet Heart Lychee TM label are picked in the morning, packed in the afternoon and on their way to their final destination by the end of the day.

   Lychee is perishable and should be refrigerated. Place the fruit in a zip lock baggie for up to a week in the refrigerator to maintain freshness. Frozen lychee can be enjoyed all year long. Freeze the fruit in it's shell and peel after it has been partially defrosted. There are countless ways to incorporate both fresh and frozen lychee into food recipes.

   Growers that produce trees and fruit under the Sweet Heart Lychee TM brand name must maintain standards set forth for the Sweet Heart Lychee TM brand label. Buyers should understand that Sweet Heart Lychee TM brand lychee trees (and it's fruit) may be sold to individuals for their personal consumption and that commercial resale of the tree (or it's fruit) or further propagation of such is prohibited except under separate written license agreement from the Seller, Florida Star Groves, Inc. or Susan and Brent Probinsky. For more infomation, call 786-255-2528