How to Store Apples

If you have apples ready for harvesting, you will probably have plans for eating or baking with them. Quite often though you can be left with an excess of fruits. For those fruits that are in good condition, no bruises and blemish free you can store the apples over Winter. 

How to store apples

Picking apples - you will know if an apple is ripe as it should come away from the tree with a small twist.

Storing apples - you must have a perfect apple for it to store well. No marks, bruises or blemishes so pick them carefully and inspect them well.You do not need a fancy wooden apple store, I will show you how to store apples using old newspaper and reusing old office trays.

1. Select suitable apples to store - no blemishes, bruises or marks.
2. Wipe the apple with a clean rag
3. Cut or tear your newspaper into squares, the size will depend on how big your apples are.
4. Place the apple upside down, in the center of the newspaper, taking each corner of the newspaper to the top of the apple, these can overlap.
5. Place the wrapped apple right side up on an old office organiser tray.
6. Store in a cool dark place, I store mine in the garage.
7. Check the apples every 3 to 4 weeks, remove any apples that are starting to rot so they do not affect any of the surrounding apples. Usually you can smell a sweet fruit smell if there is an apple that is starting to turn bad.

I have used this method for storing apples for the last 6 years successfully. Here is hoping for a bumper harvest of apples this year.

How to store apples using old desk trays and newspaper

Storing apples