Cleaning fruit naturally

I am still working on growing my own blueberries (I think my plant has just 3 startling berries after 2 years of growth) and my own apples (6 trees have yet to produce one apple) but in the mean time I am buying my fruits from the grocery.  

What I do not like about this arrangement is that I do not always get fruit that doesn't have a waxy type spray that has been added to it and sometimes leaves an undesireable taste on the fruit.  Short of running my fruit through the dishwasher (just kidding) I wanted a good way to cleanse the fruit naturally so I wasn't adding anything else processed to it.

Here is what I came up with.  I wash my fruit with lemon essential oil.  I just add 3 drops of oil over the fruit, fill a bowl with water to cover the fruit, swirl around a few mintues and then strain the water off.  Fruit is cleansed, tastes fantastic with just a hint of lemon and I feel better about serving it to the kids!  Oh, and bonus...when I do apple slices this way it also keeps them from browning!  (and uses a whole lot less then if I use lemon juice).

If you are interested in learning more about essential oils you can click here or just ask me!