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According to my gardening book, you should wrap apples in greased paper before storing.  Does anyone know where I can buy this.   I am supposing that greaseproof paper which is used for baking is completely different - or am I being thick?   :-\

The first thing I'd do is try and get some of those cardboard apple trays from a local supermarket. They'll hold the fruit apart and allow air flow between them.

The fruit farmers of my youth always used a sort of tissue paper (not Kleenex type!) but I don't think that's the same as greased paper. I think even newspaper will do fine.

We have tried to get these containers from the local fruit shops with no luck.  They don't seem to get their fruit in them these days.  Thanks for your reply.

A very thin brownish oiled tissue.

Two jobs - to contain rot & to preserve. You can use other paper for the first, & some Apples - like Bramleys - have plenty of oil in their skins to store without.

Seem to recall that the tissue is semi-tranparent so that you can watch for rot. If using opaque paper, you should check at least weekly to throw out duff fruit. If unwrapped, check daily.

Thanks for that info Tim.  Do you know where I can buy it please?

All my local shops get their apples in cardboard boxes with paper mache` or polystyrene trays and they are only too keen to give them away. Try the smaller shops or stalls.

mine are wrapped in newspaper... seem to be holding up better than last year when I didn't wrap them....  :-\

Sorry - Rosebank - it' 60 years since we last used them!!

Newspaper? S'pose that has 'oil' in it?