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Re: [nafex] apple storage



What a great idea! We have used an old frig (not frost free) for years
too, and a root cellar, but I think you have something here with sucking
the air out. .............vic

Mark Garrison wrote:

> A little trick I learned this year for storing apples for personal
> use:  I've always used an old refrigerator to keep eating apples into
> the winter, putting them in heavy plastic bags (big ones 13x18" used
> by our blueberry customers) but by this time of year they were only
> so-so;  this year before putting on ties I sucked the air out of the
> bags.  Still eating Jonathan, crisp, no brown spot.  Also Jonagold,
> Spigold.  Even Shensu, though mellow, are still juicy. Mark, RI, zone
> 6
>
>
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