
My mum picks her Jonathan apples fallen on the ground, steadily and with great care. She removes any dirt, bruised and rot spots, slices them and dries them slowly in the oven. She dries them so much that they will sit throughout a whole year. There is no mould even after two years. This is how she keeps them in glass containers. (Unfortunately the picture doesn't present realistic colours - the dried slices look much lovelier in real life.)