storing apples over the winter.

[mimififi]

Just wondering, what is the best way to store apples over the winter if you are not stewing and freezing them?

i.e, how did they do it in days of old?

many thanks
mimi
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[shaneystar2]

Years ago my Mother used to put them in the shed in an old chest of drawers wrapped in newspaper and layered with sacking.
If they are kept in a cool frost free place they should last well.
You could beg some wooden crates from a greengrocer or lay them in seed trays.Make sure none of them are bruised before you store them.

[Clanad]

As usual, shaneystar has covered just about all the essentials... however, I would add that some varieties of apples won't store very well, no matter the effort one takes, while others store very well if some care is taken and a cool place is available... Research the kinds you have at hand. Usually, the tart ones recommended for cooking store the best while the sweeter ones such as the Delicious don't cook or store well because of the higher sugar content...

[jymi]

we keep ours covered in dry sand in an old chest of drawers in a cool but frost free out house. As Clanad says the cookers last much better than eaters.

[mimififi]

Cool, I shall do that with the rest of my cookers from my mother's house.....

many thanks indeedy. You guys are SO knowledeable.

mimi
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