The Orchard would like to welcome you to our world of gourmet fruits and vegetables where outstanding quality and superior service has remained paramount for over 50 years. By combining superior fresh fruits with master craftsmanship, The Orchard has achieved a classic style that blends beauty with great taste. Our exquisite platters and baskets are truly a sight to behold.

From its founding in 1957, The Orchard has provided dependable service to the greater New York area. Today we are well known throughout the United States and our fruits appear often in magazine advertisement and national television commercials. We are especially proud to have been selected to decorate the tables of Presidential Inauguration parties.

Each of our platters and basket are meticulously handcrafted by the finest fruit designers found anywhere. Each day designers are provided with the freshest produce available from over the World.

We personally supervise the daily buying of our produce so that our customer can count on consistently receiving only the highest quality fruits and vegetables.

Once you taste our products and see our beautiful presentation you will know you have selected the best. Please join our expended list of vary satisfied customers and experience for yourself the joys of fresh fruit present in dramatic and attractive manner.

Best of New York Winner 2001 [ Read full review ]

Nothing says I love you like a nice fruit basket. (Except maybe a diamond bracelet, or a trip to Paris, but never mind.) Of course, it has to be the right fruit basket. Getting a crinkly cellophane time bomb loaded with waxy, fake-looking apples, fibrously dry oranges, and those annoying miniature jelly jars is about as welcome as hate mail. Place an order with the Orchard (we recommend the "Gourmet," which comes in a wicker basket and includes a bottle of California white wine and Godiva chocolates) and you can rest assured that your recipient will be thanking you all week long as he or she feasts on a gorgeous assortment of ultrafresh fruits. No matter the time of year, we've never encountered a mealy piece of fruit here. That's because the Orchard picks up their fruit-mangos from Haiti, Hawaiian pineapples-at the airport each day. They'll deliver anywhere in Manhattan with a day's notice.

Edible Brooklyn "worth the trip" by Josh Ozersky [ Read full review ]

MIDWOOD - The Orchard, the greatest fruit store in New York City and possibly the world, sits on an unloved stretch of Coney Island Avenue, surrounded by discount clothing stores, Judaica shops and schnitzel bars. It's been a requisite stop on my Brooklyn tour itinerary for years, whether the guests are visiting dignitaries or difficult-to-impress food writers. (Were it not for the godlike presence of Dom DeMarco a few blocks away at Di Fara Pizza, it would be the high point.) The narrow, 50-year-old store features dizzying displays of perfect Haitian mangoes, Matisse peaches, figs you'd swear contain raspberry jam, specialty Asian fruits in foam shrouds, tropical treats getting Tiffany's treatment. There are also fruit salads, smoked fish and shelves of honey and preserves, but I've never seen anyone so much as pick one up. The focus-or should I say obsessive devotion-is on fresh fruit. People come here from all over the city to purchase fruit at astronomical prices. The reason is simple: It's the best.