fruit preservation
Storing harvested crops
Fruit preservation is any method of extending the edible life of fruit beyond its natural ripening cycle.
Techniques include canning, freezing, drying, and making jams or jellies—each slowing decay through different mechanisms: heat, cold, moisture removal, or high sugar concentration.
My grandmother's fruit preservation skills kept us in peaches all winter.
- refrigerationHeat removal for preservation
- dryingMoisture removal process
- sun dryingPreserving via natural light
- canningAirtight food preservation
- water bathHeated vessel within vessel
pickling · citric acid · ascorbic acid · dehydrator · freezing · pectin · shelf life · storage container · postharvest · sugaring · potassium sorbate · pasteurization · fermenting · calcium chloride · sulfur dioxide · humidity control · vacuum sealing · brine