Fruit Baskets Make Perfect Birthday Gifts

Friday, January 29th, 2010 | Shopping

Some people are easy to buy birthday gifts for every year. Other folks, not so much. Fruit baskets are an excellent option for that birthday guy or gal who either has everything or wants nothing. After all, who doesn’t love fruit? 1800baskets.com offers a variety of fruit baskets, from a simple box of pears, to fruit and cheese gift baskets that will satisfy even the most discerning gourmet. Pick a fruit basket from the list below and you’ll be sure to receive a heart-felt thank you.

Succulent Comice Pears Grande Fruit Box – The Comice pear takes its name from the phrase “Doyenne du Comice,” which translates from “top of the show” in French. Now grown in the United States, these pears have a juicy, creamy white interior that melts in your mouth. There are eight in each fruit basket. $24.99, plus delivery.

Fresh from the Orchard Fruit Gift Basket – Seasonal fruits combine with other delights in a decorative wood basket. Comice and D’Anjou pears, a navel orange, and Fuji and Braeburn apples are included in the fruit basket, as are flatbread with camembert-flavored cheese spread, nut crunch, plus chocolate and hazelnut cookies. $49.99, plus delivery.

Fruit & Gourmet Basket – What foodie wouldn’t love to receive a one of these fruit baskets filled with seasonal apples and oranges, sausage, cheese, crackers and cookies? $54.99 to $74.99, plus delivery.

Fruit & Cheese Hamper – One of the most picnic-ready gift baskets around, this willow hamper comes chock full of Red Delicious apples and Green D’Anjou pears, plus cheddar cheeses and crackers, mixed nuts, and honey for dipping. $79.99, plus delivery.

Still undecided about which fruit basket to send? Explore the 1800basket.com’s Fruit Basket area, where you’ll find many more suggestions and inspirations.

The website’s robust search also allows you to shop by product type, delivery time and price. Many of the gift baskets can be sent the same day – for those who shop last-minute – if you order by 2 p.m. Monday through Friday, 12:30 p.m. Saturday or 11:30 p.m. Sunday in the recipient’s time zone. You can track delivery of birthday gifts online, too. 1800baksets.com also has a fan page on Facebook, if you would like to learn more about the company.

If your loved one can’t get enough of fruit baskets, be sure to join the 1800baskets.com mobile club to get special offers sent directly to your phone. Membership in the Fresh Rewards Program – which allows you to earn points for every purchase with 1800baskets.com, 1800flowers.com, Plow & Hearth and Fannie May Chocolates – also will save you money. For every $1 you spend on these sites, you earn one point. When you accumulate 200 points, you will receive a $20 Fresh Rewards pass that can be redeemed at any of the sites.

Add these rewards to the quality of 1800baskets.com’s fresh fruit baskets and the website’s ease of use, and you will want to send a fruit basket to everyone one on your Birthday Gifts list.

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