At 07:06 1999-04-17 -0700, Mary wrote: >Do waxed apples have the antifungal toxins? Apples have natural wax. I was talking of what they are spraying onto oranges to make storing/ transport possible. >BTW, we want to dry out apples this year. Any suggestions? Do we peel them >first then slice and dry? Or leave the peel on and dry them? I used to peel first an take out the core (there is a special tool for this), then cut to form rings. This is the usual way. The peel I dried separately, and then used for cooking apple tea. - Hans