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Valley Farms Organic Apple Tree Price: $200-$250, plus an annual $45 horticulture fee (815-432-3719). What: Adopt a tree in the farm's orchard, and every year, they'll ship you -- and everyone on your list -- the apples ($16.50 per box). Perfect for: Farmstand fanatics. Why we love it: You send your friends the delicious apples; Valley Farms takes care of the tree. What else: Choose from Desert Red, Golden, Fuji, Granny Smith, and Gala trees. Each yields about 200 pounds (about 20 boxes) of fruit per year. 
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Holiday Cheese hamper Price: $150 plus shipping at Artisanal. Allow two days for delivery. What: A picnic basket packed with Camembert, Comte, Clacbitou, Robiola, and Stilton with all the fixings -- dates, pears, dried figs, walnuts in lemon honey, mostarda di uva, crackers, James White pear juice, and even a French Opinel knife. Perfect for: Large families and spur-of-the-moment entertainers. Why we love it: Cheeses from the world's top producers come in perfect condition, aged in Artisanal's own cave. |
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Lobel's Get Together Pack Price: $280 plus shipping (877-783-4512). Allow two weeks for Christmas delivery. What: A cooler full of steak: four filets, four strip steaks (two with bones, two without), and four veal chops. Perfect for: Any and all carnivores. Why we love it: The company finds the finest USDA prime beef available, dry-ages it, vacuum-packs it, and -- unlike most -- sends it fresh. Which means, if you freeze the steaks, you'll know how long they've been frozen.
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Strip House restaurant's 24 Karat Cake Price: $85 plus shipping (212-328-0000). Allow seven business days for delivery. Perfect for: Chocoholics having holiday parties. Why we love them: Twelve layers of incredibly moist cake, separated by eleven layers of intense chocolate cream, all topped with a twenty-fourth layer of semi-sweet ganache and a gold-leaf square make this the ultimate chocolate dessert. What else: Baked to order, these cakes are frozen just before shipping, and packed securely in bubble wrap and Styrofoam. Cakes keep for up to five days and serve eight to ten people. |
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| Edited by Gillian Duffy. Photographed by Antonis Achilleos. | |
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From the November 25, 2002 issue of New York
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