There are a few catalogs I keep on the coffee table from late September straight through New Year's, and the Harry & David book is always one of them. It is just one of those brands that signals the season has officially turned. The pears arrive, the pine-green and gold covers come out, and suddenly I am rearranging the dining room sideboard to make space for a tower of jam jars and shortbread tins.
If you have not requested a printed Harry & David catalog in a while, the good news is the process is still very simple, and the company is still very much around. Let me walk you through how to get one in your mailbox, what is actually inside it these days, and a few honest notes on the brand as it stands now.
A Quick Refresher on the Brand
Harry & David started as Bear Creek Orchards in Medford, Oregon, way back in 1910. The brothers it is named after, Harry and David Rosenberg, took over their father's pear orchards in the 1910s and built a mail-order business around what they called the Royal Riviera pear. More than a century later, the company is still headquartered in Medford and still leading with that pear in the holiday gift towers.
Today Harry & David is part of the 1-800-Flowers family of brands, alongside sister labels you may already know, Wolferman's Bakery, Cheryl's Cookies, The Popcorn Factory, and Stock Yards. Knowing they are all under one roof is genuinely useful when you are gift planning, because a single login and a single shipping membership can cover quite a lot of ground.
What Happened to the Stores
A quick note for anyone who used to drive past a Harry & David shop at the outlet mall and wonders where it went. The company closed nearly all of its brick-and-mortar locations in 2020, keeping only the flagship Country Village store in Medford open. For several years after that, the catalog and the website were essentially how you shopped.
The brand has very gently started returning to physical retail, though. In March 2025, Harry & David opened a new store on Long Island, near the 1-800-Flowers headquarters, and they have been running holiday pop-ups inside select Macy's stores in New York and Los Angeles. It is a small footprint compared with the old days, so for most of us, the printed catalog and the website are still the front door.
How to Request a Free Printed Catalog
This is the part most folks really come here for. To get a Harry & David catalog mailed to you, here is the most reliable way as of early 2026.
- Go to harryanddavid.com.
- Scroll to the bottom of the homepage and look in the footer for a link that reads something like "Catalog" or "Online Catalog." The wording shifts slightly through the year.
- On the catalog landing page, look for the option to request a mailed copy. You will be asked for your name, mailing address, phone, and email.
- Submit the form, and a printed catalog should arrive in the next few weeks.
The company has historically said the mailed copy can take up to about six weeks, so if you are hoping to flip through it for a particular holiday, request it a little earlier than feels necessary. I usually request the fall and holiday book sometime in August.
Browsing the Catalog Online
If you do not want to wait on the mail, the same page typically offers a digital version you can flip through right in your browser, or download as a PDF. It is the full thing, page by page, photographed beautifully, with the prices and item numbers right there. Honestly, for last-minute gifting, the online catalog is the friend you call.
One small tip from someone who has overdone this every December: print just the pages you actually want to circle. There is something about putting a real pencil to a real page that helps you decide which tower truly belongs at your sister-in-law's house and which one you are buying because the photograph is pretty.
What You Will Find Inside
The Harry & David catalog leans into a few signature categories, and they have stayed remarkably consistent.
- The fruit. Royal Riviera pears in the iconic gold box, plus boxes and crates of apples, peaches, and citrus depending on the season.
- Gift towers and baskets. The stacked-box towers are still the workhorse gift, and they come in every size from a thank-you for a neighbor to a centerpiece for a corporate office.
- Chocolates and confections. Truffles, Moose Munch popcorn, chocolate-covered cherries, that sort of thing.
- Charcuterie and cheese. Small spreads that work beautifully on a holiday board, especially if you do not feel like driving to three different stores.
- Bakery items. Pies, cakes, cheesecakes, and through Wolferman's, the famous English muffins.
- Wine and gift sets. Including their own Oregon-grown wines from the estate.
- Monthly clubs. Fruit-of-the-month, chocolate-of-the-month, and similar subscriptions, which make a wonderful gift for someone who already has everything.
The catalog is also where the seasonal collections really shine. The fall and Thanksgiving pages have a warm, harvest palette, and the Christmas pages lean into the deep greens and golds you would expect.
A Few Honest Words on Pricing and Shipping
Harry & David is a premium brand, and the catalog reflects that. The fruit and gift towers are not the cheapest way to send a basket of pears, and shipping is generally not free a la carte. That said, there are a couple of ways to make it gentler on the budget.
The Celebrations Passport membership is the main one. It is an annual subscription that gives you free standard shipping and no service charges across the whole 1-800-Flowers family, including Harry & David, Wolferman's, Cheryl's Cookies, The Popcorn Factory, and Stock Yards. If you regularly send gifts to grandkids, in-laws, friends, and colleagues, the math gets favorable pretty quickly. The program was simplified in mid-2025, so if you signed up years ago and stopped paying attention, it is worth a fresh look.
Beyond that, the catalog and the website both run rotating promotions, especially around the holidays and Mother's Day. Veterans get a discount through Veterans Advantage as well.
Why I Still Love a Paper Catalog
I will admit, I sell my interior staging clients on the digital experience all the time, mood boards, Pinterest, the works. But a paper catalog is its own kind of pleasure. You can hand it to your husband over coffee and say, page seventeen, the cheese tower, what do you think about sending that to Cousin Linda? You can dog-ear the corners and circle the gift codes. It feels a little like the way my mother used to do her Christmas list at the kitchen table in November.
If you are decorating for fall or hosting a holiday gathering, the catalog also doubles as inspiration. The styling on those harvest-pear pages is gorgeous, and I have absolutely borrowed their color palette for a centerpiece more than once.
The Practical Takeaway
Request the Harry & David catalog through their website, give it a few weeks to arrive in the mail, and use the online flipbook in the meantime if you are in a hurry. Consider the Celebrations Passport if you tend to send gifts to a long list of people. And if you are within driving distance of Medford, Oregon, the original Country Village store is still open, which is a lovely little side trip if you find yourself out that way.
For the rest of us, the catalog in the mailbox is more than enough. Pour a cup of coffee, grab a pencil, and let yourself enjoy the planning. The pears will take care of the rest.
