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SANTA PAULA, CA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- November 27, 2006 -- Limoneira
Company (PINKSHEETS : LMNR ), one of the largest growers of citrus in the
U.S., announced it has been selected by Amazon.com to offer its Orchard
Fresh Gift Baskets through the online retailer's Gourmet Foods store.
Limoneira's fresh fruit gifts can be found at www.amazon.com/gourmet.
"Dating back more than a century, Limoneira has a rich heritage and
long-standing tradition in the art of growing the finest quality fresh
fruit," says Alex Teague, Limoneira senior vice president. "We are proud to
join Amazon.com with its high standards of customer service and its
state-of-the-art merchandising technology to offer our gourmet fresh fruit
gifts."
The exclusive selection of Limoneira specialty gourmet gift baskets offered
at Amazon.com's Gourmet Food store features an assortment of premium
California-grown fruit including silky smooth Hass avocados, tangy tart
lemons, navel oranges, tangerines, blood oranges and limes.
Packaged with succulent fresh lemons and oranges, Limoneira's "Unique Holiday Gift
Basket" includes newly released editions of rare prints from the
company's private collection of vintage fruit
crate labels. This is the first public release since the 1920s of
Limoneira's Santa® fruit crate label, which measures 8 3/4" by 12 1/2"
and is suitable for framing. Originally published in 1927 by the renowned
Schmidt Lithographers company of Los Angeles, the vintage Limoneira 's
Santa® fine art crate label features a snowy bearded Santa Claus,
carrying a bagful of lemons.
The "California Christmas
Celebration Fruit Citrus Basket" features gourmet citrus ripened in
Limoneira's fertile Southern California orchards. Extra care shows in each
piece of fruit, hand-selected for optimal ripeness and quality. This
exclusive gourmet
holiday food gift basket is filled with navel oranges, premium lemons,
tangerines, blood oranges and limes. Coupled with delicious almonds,
pistachios and chocolate almonds, this gift provides a wonderful
salty-sweet balance.
Founded in 1893, Limoneira Company,
has grown to be one of the premier integrated agribusiness operations in
the world. Today, Limoneira and its affiliated companies encompass
thousands of acres of rich agricultural lands throughout California along
with strategic investments in food processing, fresh produce marketing,
agritourism and specialty produce packing.
