This section is from the book "Fruits And Their Cookery", by Harriet S. Nelson. Also available from Amazon: Fruits and Their Cookery.
One package gelatin, two large cupfuls of sugar, one cupful of shredded pineapple, two lemons, four oranges cut fine, half pound chopped walnuts, half cupful preserved ginger, half pound figs cut fine. Cover contents of one package of gelatin with one cupful of cold water, let stand till soft; add one quart of boiling water and the sugar, strain and let stand until it begins to thicken. Stir in the pineapple, juice of the lemons, oranges, figs, walnuts and ginger.
6 slices fresh or canned.
6 strawberries.
Pineapple honey salad dressing or French fruit salad dressing.
1 large orange.
1 banana.
Sprigs of fresh mint.
Wash and crisp the mint, arrange, stem-ends toward the center, on individual salad plates. Place a slice of pineapple on each bed of mint, on this put a slice of orange, then a layer of banana sliced into disks. Pour over it the salad dressing, and top with a strawberry. If fresh pineapple is used, it should be sprinkled with sugar and allowed to stand in a cold place for at least an hour.
 
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