Preserving Eating Apples

[skyplus]

My apples are falling to the ground so have decided to pick the remainder to morrow. Other years I wrapped them in newspaper and stored in the garage, but they always shrivel like prunes. Any advice?

[2sp_]

Don't try to preserve any that are bruised as this will rot the others. Keep checking them over and remove any that have started to go bad.

In a previous house, I used to wrap them individually in newspaper and keep them in an old chest of drawers in a shed. Seemed to keep them quite well that way.

Sorry, not a huge amount of help here!

[skyplus]

Thank you 2sp

[grasscarp]

When I was a child we had a large orchard and sold fruit. The very best apples, carefully hand picked and not windfalls or damaged, were wrapped individually in paper and stored on slatted shelves in a shed.
If you have any less than perfect I would imagine the only thing to do would be to stew them and freeze them, though someone may have a better idea.

[jamesnan]

I peel and slice the apples, and then freeze them as they are. Perfect for pies, crumbles etc . Others which have marks, and blemishes will be made into chutney etc. either by themselves, or with other fruit and veg. Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall has a lovely recipe called Glutney, which is a mixture of various fruits and veg.

[Wak]

After wrapping some of them in newspaper, try putting them each in a sealed plastic bag to see if that stops the moisture from evaporating.
That method used to keep my tomatoes OK.

[nungate]

You could freeze them in a sugar syrup, I used to do that with plums, peel them first and cover with the sugar syrup. Then you can use them in crumbles and pies.

[society]

Not sure if this would be much help, but, I had apples for a year in the refrigerator and they were still good and edible after a whole year. Unbelievable!

[petal54]

somewhere cool/dry,not touching other apples.