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My apple and Asian pears are totally loaded with
fruit, too. We had an infestation of those nasty biting black flies from
the northern Wisconsin lakes this spring. They blew in with all the
Canadian fronts we keep having every other day! Plenty of honey and bumble
bees, too.
I figure if I thin to one per cluster and
space 6-7 inches apart, I'm still going to have a huge crop, with seven antique
apple varieties, a Golden Delicious for universal pollen, a Pixe Crunch and
Honey Crisp. Then there are two Asian pears.
With the price of produce, I'm thinking about
storage issues for this bumper crop. Both my husband and I eat an apple
for lunch every day, and I use them to cook, too.
What is the best way to store apples? Our
basement never gets below about 55F, even though it may be -20F outside.
The garage has two walls that are common with the house and warmer. It
rarely dips below 15F in the middle of garage and is about 10 degrees warmer at
the heated walls. Would crates of apples with moist sand in the bottom of
each work?
Any and all ideas are appreciated.
Doreen Howard
WI-IL Border, Zone 4b
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