Our Delta Valencia oranges have enjoyed the typical climate found in South Africa during this time of year, which has provided a fantastic, bright and even colouration throughout the orchards.   

The harvest of this naturally large and juicy fruit began this week and will continue through to WEEK 37, shipping in WEEK 39.   

The soft, succulent textured oranges will process through our state-of-the-art, on-farm packhouse, ready to ship to our typical customer base in Europe, the Middle East and Far East.   

Delta orange profile 

The seedless Delta Valencia orange is an all-rounder, slightly larger in size than traditional Valencias, with a well-balanced profile.  

Its sweet flavour and high juice content coupled with its moderately thin and smooth rind lends itself well to both eating and juicing. 

A look back at Valencias  

With early availability due to the climactic advantages of our Limpopo based farms, our Valencia oranges are often referred to as the crown jewel of our season of citrus out of South Africa. 

Succeeding a bumper Turkey Valencia season, 25% up on expectation, we followed with our Benny Valencia and Midknight Valencia harvests.   

We closed off our Midknight crop in WEEK 30 after another much higher than anticipated yield.  

Up next from Jupiter Group 

Following our Thompson table grape harvest which started last week (WEEK 30), we will continue from northern mainland Greece with our ARRA™ varieties in the Katerini and Kavala regions. 

Watch this space!  

The Jupiter Group is an award-winning fresh produce grower with a simple mission – to be the most transparent brand in fresh produce. With a year-round supply and innovative new variety development, Jupiter is hailed as one of the world’s leading fresh produce companies Beyond their speciality in growing grape and citrus, Jupiter’s expertise also covers avocado, pineapple and kiwi in all formats and sizes across retail, wholesale, and food service businesses globally. Jupiter Group are different because they have digitised their supply chain and control a true seed to shelf process. The result? A consistent, transparent, trusted and traceable supply. On Jupiter’s own farms and those of their growing partners, the way they do business has British standards, global cultural heritage and unrivalled entrepreneurial spirit. They have ranked consecutively for three years in the prestigious The Sunday Times HSBC International Track 200 for International Growth, most recently at number 17.
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