A Study of Indices for Earliest Acceptable Harvest of Delicious Apples1
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- 1 November 1974
- journal article
- Published by American Society for Horticultural Science in Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science
- Vol. 99 (6) , 537-539
- https://doi.org/10.21273/jashs.99.6.537
Abstract
In 3 harvest seasons 363 lots of ‘Delicious’ apples were harvested and analyzed after a 1-day and after an 8-day ripening period at room temp. An attempt was made to relate objective indices of maturity to the ability of fruits to ripen with acceptable eating quality. A sliding scale for firmness and soluble solids appeared to be a useful index to separate ‘Delicious’ apples into 2 categories: mature - fruits which ripened with acceptable eating quality; immature - fruits which did not develop acceptable eating quality.Keywords
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