You cherish your friend. Perhaps you've known each other since childhood, sticking together through thick and thin and supporting each other during difficult, challenging times. Or, you met later in life - your teens or adulthood, but felt an immediate connection. Today, you're each other's go-to lifeline, no matter the situation or issue.

While your actions reflect your appreciation, sometimes you just want to show your friend how much you care and how much they mean to you. To send this message, consider a gift of pears from Frog Hollow Farm.

What Makes a Meaningful Friendship Gift?

You don't have to get extravagant: After all, it's the sentiment that counts. Meaningful friend gifts come down to a few key factors: One, the item reflects what your bestie-for-life enjoys, no matter how grand or seemingly insignificant, and two, you consider the moment surrounding the gift. What you send as a token of appreciation will inevitably vary from gifts around life's milestones - marriage, children or a promotion at work, for example - or an occasion like a holiday or birthday.

For the context of giving pears:

• Think about your friend's day-to-day interests: Are they someone dedicated to healthy eating? Or, are they more of a foodie who experiments in the kitchen? Or, do they prefer something simple yet always prioritize quality? Frame your friendship gift - and subsequently how you'll be serving the pears - around these considerations.
• Personalize it: Pears only make up part of your message - no matter how delicious they taste. Personalize your gift with a heartfelt note that spells out how much your friend means to you, expresses a message of support or brings up a memory with a specific meaning you both cherish.
• Focus on experience: Do you have a hobby or activity you enjoy together? Are you a pair of foodies looking to push the boundaries of your culinary skills? Or, do you both prefer to dine somewhere and savor the flavors of a new meal together? In addition to showing your appreciation, look for a friendship gift that you both can partake in.
• Gifts that keep on giving: Think about something practical that, at the same time, replenishes itself. Subscription services - for example, seasonal fruits with pears for part of the year - provide a convenient and appreciated supply of quality ingredients for snacking and cooking and reflect your friend's interests in these regards.
• Think about when: Surprise your friend with fresh pears and other ingredients around their birthday or as an anniversary gift box in honor of a key milestone. Or, in thinking about their preference for cooking, send them a fruit-centered gift around Christmas or in response to an accomplishment. Also, consider helping them out following a wedding, around a new baby or another life-changing event with a subscription bringing fresh fruit right to their door.

Why Pears?

Over the centuries, cultures have associated pears with prosperity, wealth, longevity or peace - and your friendship gift indirectly reflects these meanings while providing a delicious source of fruit.

At Frog Hollow Farm, our pears form our pride and joy. In the case of our Warren pear, our fruit brings the taste and form of popular European varieties but upends expectations with a juicy, silky texture and perfumed flavor. Our Asian pears, including Hosui, Shinko and Shinsekei, deliver an unbeatable crunch coupled with a sweetness that's perfect for eating right out of hand.

As you think about putting together a meaningful friendship gift, explore all pears available through Frog Hollow Farm, as well as boxes, baskets and sets centering around our signature fruit.