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  • From: "Kathleen Meigs" <kmeigs@tcsn.net>
  • To: <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] fruit-of-the-month clubs/self fruit education
  • Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2002 09:01:36 -0700

Harry and David's is a well known high-quality mail order (catalog) place in
Oregon, specializing in pears and apples, does fruit of the month.



----- Original Message -----
From: "Lon J. Rombough" <lonrom@hevanet.com>
To: <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2002 4:16 PM
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] fruit-of-the-month clubs/self fruit education


> >
> > I did a quick search on the net for this idea, and all
> > I found was a store
> > named Harry and David's that does this for $300/year.
>
> Harry & David's Bear Creek Orchards in Medford, Oregon is a BIG outfit and
> they are the only ones I've ever heard of with a Fruit of the Month club.
> The fruits are extra-choice grades of more or less standard fruits,
though.
> Their "Royal Riviera" pears are essentially a special grade of the old
> Comice pears. An excellent pear, but I'd rather go to a local grower and
> pay a LOT less for them.
> It WOULD be nice to be able to try exotics, but the reason so many ARE
> exotic is because they don't take shipping, which makes it pretty hard to
> send them out each month.
> -Lon Rombough
> Grapes, writing, consulting, more, plus word on my grape book at
> http://www.bunchgrapes.com
>
>
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