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  • From: akmanty <akmanty@localnet.com>
  • To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] best apples article
  • Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2007 18:34:10 -0500

We use a refrigerator in the basement, and put a container of water, with a sponge in to add some moisture.
AK,  WI



At 11:27 AM 10/21/2007, you wrote:

> If you are going to discuss “best apples” it’s useful to add some
> context. Do you mean best fresh-picked off your own trees, or best out
> of your cellar or refrigerator throughout the following winter.


Good point. When I planted my apple trees (which are still too young for
apples), I made a point of trying to find good keepers, and for taste,
not cooking. There is no way I'll be able to eat all those apples at
once, so I hope to store them and enjoy eating them most of the winter.
We'll see...


> Someone mentioned Honeycrisp as a good storage apple that keeps its
> crunch- maybe in CO2 storage but not out of my cellar!


This is disappointing, because it's one of the varieties I planted, just
for that reason (and because I like the taste, at least in grocery store
apples). I've since discovered that it supposedly tastes best when there
are cool nights when it ripens, so maybe this was a bad pick for two
reasons.

Which brings up another question: what's the best way to store apples
over the winter? I don't have a root cellar. My basement is unfinished,
and a bit cooler (and damper) than the rest of the house, but not
extraordinarily so. I was thinking of buying another refrigerator
(perhaps an older, used one), just for fruit. Would they dry out too
badly there? Any suggestions? I've got at least a year to worry about
it. :-)

Thanks,

Bill
Lincoln, NE (zone 5)

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There is no society in human history that ever suffered because its
people became too reasonable. - Sam Harris
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