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Fruitful Greenery

A holiday party would not be complete without a beautiful centerpiece so this is an easy way to create one.—Taste of Home Test Kitchen, Greendale, Wisconsin

1 ServingsPrep: 20 hours Cook: 2 hours

Ingredients

3 each medium tangelos, lemons, limes, kiwano and star fruit
3 each medium apples, papayas, pears and quinces
Lemon, orange or pineapple juice
1 oasis floral foam wreath frame (15 inches)
1-1/2 cups water
30 to 50 floral greening pins
Sheet moss to cover wreath frame
20 to 25 pine boughs, arborvitae and lemon leaf stems (6 inches each)
2 medium pomegranates, halved
5 kumquats or key limes, halved
1 bunch Concord or seedless red grapes
5 medium pinecones
30 to 50 wired floral wood picks

Directions

In a dehydrator, dehydrate the citrus fruits, kiwano or star fruit
according to manufacturers' directions until almost crisp. Cut the
apples, papaya, pears or quince into 1/8 to 1/4-in. slices; soak in
lemon, orange or pineapple juice for 10-20 minutes; drain and pat
dry. Dehydrate. Store dried fruit in an airtight container.
If using wreath for a centerpiece, spray or soak wreath frame with

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Directions (continued)

water. Moisten sheet moss under running water; squeeze dry. Using
greening pins, attach moss to all sides of the wreath frame.
Cut pine boughs, arborvitae and lemon leaf stems at an angle; insert
into sides and top of the foam frame. Attach halved fresh fruits,
grape clusters, pinecones and dehydrated fruits using floral wood
picks or greening pins. Store wreath, covered, in the refrigerator,
adding water to wreath base if necessary. Yield: 1 wreath (15
inches).