About Harry and David
Harry and David was founded in 1910 by Samuel Rosenberg, father of Harry and David. In 1910 he traded the luxurious Hotel Sorrento for 240 prime acres of pears in Southern Oregon's Rogue River Valley and named them Bear Creek Orchards after the nearby waterway. In 1914 his sons, Harry and David, took over the orchard.
Harry and David studied agriculture at Cornell University and decided early on to specialize in the Comice pear for which there was a good export market to the grand hotels and restaurants of Europe. The Rogue Valley proved even better suited to the Comice pear than its birthplace in France. Harry and David named their luxurious pears "Royal Riviera" to set them apart from varieties grown elsewhere. Throughout the Roaring 20's, the fame of Royal Riviera pears spread, and business boomed.
Then came the Crash and Great Depression and Harry and David’s affluent market vanished. There was no question that the Royal Riviera pears were unsurpassed in quality, but how would Harry and David find new buyers? Always innovating, the brothers came up with the idea of selling their pears by mail. In 1934, they made their famous sales trips to San Francisco and New York to visit the captains of industry and pitch their pears as ideal business gifts. Soon orders were rolling in. It was the beginning of Harry and David as America's premier direct marketer of fruit and food gifts. They were one of the first of the nation's catalog mail order companies.
In 1938, Harry and David came up with the idea of the Fruit-of-the-Month Club, which allows customers to automatically send or receive fruit gifts throughout the year. The Tower of Treats, introduced in 1947, provides holiday cheer to thousands of American families. These fruit towers and other Harry and David innovations, like the fruit of the month club, have been widely imitated.
Today, the company continues to grow and plans for the future and develop new ways to capitalize on Harry & David's brands and their reputation for unmatched quality and customer service. Delicious since 1934. Harry and David offers an extensive collection of gourmet gift baskets filled with gourmet foods, Royal Riviera pears, chocolates, and many more delicious contents! With Harry and David’s commitment to only using the finest ingredients you can be assured that your gift basket will make somebody very happy!
Gift Baskets by Harry and David
Harry and David offers a tremendous variety of gourmet gift baskets for many occasions. All gift baskets are designed in-house and the contents are carefully selected. You can find gourmet gifts, gift towers and gourmet gift and fruit baskets on Harry and David’s site. Basket prices start at under $20 and go up into the hundreds of dollars. Gift Basket contents vary and depend on your desires and wishes.
Website of Harry and David
The website of Harry and David lets you find what you need with a few clicks. You can find a gift basket for your needs within the extensive selection of gourmet gift baskets by using the clear navigation offered by Harry and David’s web site. Shop by Occasion, price, category or glance through the sale items, you will easily find what you need.
