Learn A Few Tricks On How To Store Fruit Properly

Cherries

Fresh cherries can be refrigerated in plastic bags from 4-7 days.

To freeze cherries, you need to wash, stem, and pit cherries. It is also good to add ¾ cup of sugar to each quart of cherries. Before you place them in airtight containers, the sugar should be dissolved. Cherries can stay in the freezer for 12 months.

As for dried cherries, store them in cool and dry place.

Cranberries

 

 
Put cranberries in plastic bags in refrigerator where they can last up to 4 weeks.

To freeze cranberries you need to put them in airtight containers. Cranberries in freezer can stay from 10-12 months.

Grapes

In perforated plastic bags, grapes can last up to 7 days in refrigerator. It is best not to wash grapes until ready to eat, because excess moisture can hasten decay.

To freeze grapes, place them in airtight containers or heavy-duty free bags. Grapes can be frozen for up to a year.

Lemons

Fresh whole lemons can be stored either at room temperature or in refrigerator for 2-3 weeks. To freeze lemons, you need to:

Wash and peel

Divide fruits into sections

Remove all membranes and seeds

Prepare a solution from 2 and ¾ cups sugar and 4 cups of water. Once you mix it, bring to boil. Cool the syrup and pour over lemons.

Place lemons with syrup in covered airtight containers or heavy-duty freezer bags

Whole lemons can be frozen in plastic bags as well, in case you want to make a lemon juice.

In the freezer, lemons can last up to 4 months.