Home Storage Chart

Storage conditions
Where to store Temperature (F) Humidity Storage period
Vegetables:
Beans and peas, dried Any cool, dry place 32-40 Dry Many Years
Beets Storage cellar or pit 32-40 Moist Fall-winter
Cabbage Storage cellar or pit 32-35 Moist Fall-winter
Carrots Storage cellar or pit 32-40 Moist Fall-winter
Celery Roots in soil in storage cellar 32-40 Moist Fall-winter
Onions Any cool, dry place As near 32 as possible Dry Fall-winter
Parsnips Leave in ground or put in storage cellar 32-40 Moist Fall-winter
Potatoes Storage cellar or pit 45-48 Moist Fall-winter
Pumpkin, winter squash Unheated room or basement 55-60 Dry Fall-winter
Rutabagas Storage cellar or pit 32-40 Moist Fall-winter
Sweet Potatoes Unheated room or basement 55-60 Dry Fall-winter
Tomatoes (green or white) Unheated room or basement 55-60 Dry 1-6 weeks
Turnips Storage cellar or pit 32-40 Moist Fall-winter
Fruits:
Most apples Fruit storage cellar 30-32 Moist Fall-winter
McIntosh, Yellow Newton & Rhode Island Greening Fruit storage cellar 35-38 Moist Fall-winter
Grapes Fruit storage cellar 31-32 Moist 4-6 weeks
Pears Fruit storage cellar 30-31 Moist Fall-winter
Peaches Fruit storage cellar 32 Moist 2 weeks
Apricots Fruit storage cellar 32 Moist 2 weeks