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From: "chris hurley" <>
Subject: [CRF] Victorian Christmas Decoration's-ORANGE BASKETS
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 15:45:45 -0600


ORANGE BASKETS

"Yellow is a color which stands out well in the midst of the
dark-green foliage of the fir, and oranges are near enough the hue to
be used with advantage. A few may be hung to the tree by means of
ribbons; others can be made into pretty little baskets and filled
with the candied sections of orange.

Tie a piece of tape or any kind of band around an orange as a guide
to cutting the rind evenly;

Stick tow pins on each side to designate the location then, with the
small blade of a knife carefully cut the handle, keeping it the same
width all the way from side to side.

Next cut the rind along the edge of the tape .Remove the skin, in
bits if necessary, to avoid any likelihood of tearing the handle or
edge of the basket.

Work the inside juicy fruit free from the remaining rind and take it
out of the basket. If there is difficulty in doing this, cut the
fruit out in pieces, that the basket may be saved from breaking .

Pass a narrow ribbon around under the basket and up over the handle.

Tie the ends, then bind them around under and over the middle of the
handle, finishing with a bow-knot on top.

The ribbon strengthens the handle, and without it the weight of the
basket when hung on the tree would cause it to break from the handle
and fall.

Fill the orange basket with sections of the fruit, which have
received a brittle coating by being dipped in clear, hot, home-made
sugar candy ,

FROM: "CHRISTMAS TREE DECORATIONS, Good to Eat & Good to Look Upon".
>From "The Delineator" December 1901.

Connie
*In Beautiful Western Kentucky*

Courage is like love; it must have hope to nourish it.

Napoleon Bonaparte










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