The Honey Bells Have Arrived!

It's always a good time of the year when my annual order of Honey Bell Oranges arrive! I just received them Saturday afternoon and had one for dessert Saturday night! I love these things, when you cut one up the juices just pour out of it. These are the juiciest Oranges there are. A little info on the Honey Bell Oranges.


According to Crushman's Fine Citrus:

It’s 1945. The war is over. Ed Cushman opens a small store and gift fruit packing plant in West Palm Beach, Florida. He picks and ships oranges and grapefruit for visitors who come by.

One particular night was never to be forgotten. The Cushman family was waiting for a truckload of grapefruit. When it finally arrived, there on the back of the truck – in addition to the grapefruit – were about 20 bushels of the strangest looking, fiery-orange, bell-shaped oranges anyone had ever seen.

Ed took one look and said, “What the devil is this?”

When everyone had peeled and tried one, the consensus was that these were the sweetest oranges in the world. “Sweet as honey,” someone said, and Cushman’s® HoneyBells were born.

Actually, HoneyBells are not oranges at all. They’re an extraordinary hybrid of a Dancy Tangerine and a Duncan Grapefruit, both seeded fruit. But mysteriously, HoneyBells usually are seedless. The plot thickens.

Despite the fact that HoneyBells are grafted to a sour orange root stock, HoneyBells are naturally sweeter than any orange grown. To add to the intrigue, HoneyBells have a rare bell shape like the pictures show. Incredibly juicy. Unbelievably sweet.

Here’s the clincher.

HoneyBells are available once – and only once – each year, for a few short weeks in January. We sell and ship every one we pick!

This is your opportunity to experience Cushman’s legendary HoneyBells. They’ll be hand-picked, packed and shipped fresh to you and yours. After that, there are no more. Anywhere. At any price. So, you must order now, to reserve your HoneyBells for next January.


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