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[akmanty <akmanty@localnet.com>]

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