Fresh fruits and vegetables
Fresh fruits should be ripe when stored in the refrigerator. Some unripe fruits will ripen if left for a time at room temperature—preferably in a cool room between 60° and 70° F.
Keep bananas at room temperature. They will turn dull brown if refrigerated. Sort berries and cherries; then refrigerate, unwashed. Use promptly. Refrigerate ripe pineapples.
Sweet corn keeps best if refrigerated uncovered in husks; use it promptly. Removing tops from carrots, beets, and radishes reduces wilting. Storing potatoes in a cool, dark place prevents greening.
STORAGE GUIDE FOR FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.
Hold at room temperature until ripe; then refrigerate, uncovered:
Apples
Apricots
Avocados
Berries
Cherries
Grapes
Melons, except watermelons
Nectarines
Peaches
Pears
Plums
Tomatoes
Store in cool room or refrigerate, uncovered:
Grapefruit
Lemons
Limes
Oranges
Store in cool room, away from bright light:
Onions, mature
Potatoes
Rutabagas
Squash, winter
Sweetpotatoes
Refrigerate, covered:
Asparagus
Beans, snap or wax
Beets
Broccoli
Cabbage
Carrots
Cauliflower
Celery
Corn, husked
Cucumbers
Greens
Onions, green
Parsnips
Peas, shelled
Peppers, green
Radishes
Squash, summer
Turnips
Refrigerate, uncovered:
Beans, lima, in pods
Corn, in husks
Peas, in pods
Pineapples
Watermelons