Bayberry candles have been holiday
favorites for many years. Bayberry wax is
also known as "bayberry tallow" or
"myrtle wax." It is the rarest and most
prized of all candle waxes. There are two
types of Bayberry shrubs, the Northern
Bayberry (Myrica Pensylvanica) and
Southern Bayberry (Myrica cerifera), both
which produce the berries. The most
commonly found wax is from the
Northern Bayberry that grows in thickets
near swamps and marshes along the
Atlantic coast and shores of Lake Erie.
Bayberry wax comes from the berries of
the bayberry shrub. The berries have a
waxy coating on their skin and when
boiled, the wax separates and can be
collected. It takes about 15 pounds of
bayberries to make one pound of wax.
The berries are boiled and the wax floats
on top of the water. The wax itself is a
soft olive green with a wonderful green
hay aroma.
Candles Of The Earth bayberry candles
are either 100% bayberry wax or for a
lower cost alternative, we also make
bayberry candles from a mixture of 100%
bayberry wax and 100% beeswax. Either
way, you are getting the real thing - not a
"bayberry scent" or "bayberry fragrance"
candle. It makes all the difference.
Bayberry candles are especially popular
around the holidays and burning a
bayberry candle on either Christmas Eve
or New Year's Eve all the way to the end
guarantees good luck the next year. As
the saying goes: "A bayberry candle
burned to the socket brings food to the
larder and gold to the pocket."
Early American colonists used the wax
from bayberries to make candles. In the
novel "The Swiss Family Robinson" by
Johann David Wyss, the shipwrecked
family made candles using the wax from
wild bayberries.
favorites for many years. Bayberry wax is
also known as "bayberry tallow" or
"myrtle wax." It is the rarest and most
prized of all candle waxes. There are two
types of Bayberry shrubs, the Northern
Bayberry (Myrica Pensylvanica) and
Southern Bayberry (Myrica cerifera), both
which produce the berries. The most
commonly found wax is from the
Northern Bayberry that grows in thickets
near swamps and marshes along the
Atlantic coast and shores of Lake Erie.
Bayberry wax comes from the berries of
the bayberry shrub. The berries have a
waxy coating on their skin and when
boiled, the wax separates and can be
collected. It takes about 15 pounds of
bayberries to make one pound of wax.
The berries are boiled and the wax floats
on top of the water. The wax itself is a
soft olive green with a wonderful green
hay aroma.
Candles Of The Earth bayberry candles
are either 100% bayberry wax or for a
lower cost alternative, we also make
bayberry candles from a mixture of 100%
bayberry wax and 100% beeswax. Either
way, you are getting the real thing - not a
"bayberry scent" or "bayberry fragrance"
candle. It makes all the difference.
Bayberry candles are especially popular
around the holidays and burning a
bayberry candle on either Christmas Eve
or New Year's Eve all the way to the end
guarantees good luck the next year. As
the saying goes: "A bayberry candle
burned to the socket brings food to the
larder and gold to the pocket."
Early American colonists used the wax
from bayberries to make candles. In the
novel "The Swiss Family Robinson" by
Johann David Wyss, the shipwrecked
family made candles using the wax from
wild bayberries.
Bayberry Candle Facts
Candles of Mother Earth, LLC
The candle and
poem are
traditionally
given as a
Christmas or
New Year's gift.
In keeping with
tradition, Candles
Of The Earth
includes with
each bayberry or
bayberry-beeswax
candle the
following poem:
This bayberry
candle is a gift
from a friend,
on Christmas Eve
burn it down to
the end.
A bayberry candle
burned down to
the socket,
brings food to the
larder and gold to
the pocket.
poem are
traditionally
given as a
Christmas or
New Year's gift.
In keeping with
tradition, Candles
Of The Earth
includes with
each bayberry or
bayberry-beeswax
candle the
following poem:
This bayberry
candle is a gift
from a friend,
on Christmas Eve
burn it down to
the end.
A bayberry candle
burned down to
the socket,
brings food to the
larder and gold to
the pocket.
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