Storage trials were conducted with ‘McIntosh’ and ‘Empire’ apples in 2011, and ‘Northern Spy’ apples in 2012. All apple harvests were from commercial orchards located in Simcoe (Norfolk County), Ontario, Canada. ‘McIntosh’ apples were harvested on September 12 (Harvest 1) and September 19 (Harvest 2), while ‘Empire’ apples were harvested on September 28 (Harvest 1) and October 5 (Harvest 2) in 2011. ‘Northern Spy’ apples were harvested on September 24 in 2012. There were 9 boxes of apples (>100 fruit in each) for each of ‘Empire’ and ‘McIntosh’ per harvest time, and 12 boxes of ‘Northern Spy’. Each box contained fruit that were sampled from several trees and various locations within the trees. Apples were transported immediately after harvest to the nearby storage research facility and cooled overnight at 3 °C.