Fruit firmness is one of the most important criteria for consumers of apples and the greater firmness of the ORG fruit would be advantageous in the marketplace. This is partly why Washington requires a minimum firmness of 48.93 N to ship ‘Gala’ apples (WAC, 2003), which would result in a higher percent of marketable ORG fruit based on firmness.
For example, after six months CA storage in 2002, only 10% of ORG apples were below the firmness minimum, as opposed to 36% and 58% of CON and INT apples, respectively, that were below the minimum. This illustrates the better long-term storability of ORG apples in this study. Although no system was consistently rated higher for firmness or texture by the consumer panels, the ORG apples were always rated as firm or firmer and having
equal or better texture than fruit from the other systems. CON apples were generally rated to be less firm and to have poorer texture, while INT apples were more similar to ORG apples in these criteria. Greater firmness in organic apples after storage compared to conventional and/or integrated apples was reported for ‘Golden Delicious’ apples (Reganold et al.,2001. Weibel et al., 2000), but not for organic ‘Cortland’ or ‘McIntosh’ apples (DeEll and Prange, 1992).
Fruit firmness is one of the most important criteria for consumers of apples and the greater firmness of the ORG fruit would be advantageous in the marketplace. This is partly why Washington requires a minimum firmness of 48.93 N to ship ‘Gala’ apples (WAC, 2003), which would result in a higher percent of marketable ORG fruit based on firmness. For example, after six months CA storage in 2002, only 10% of ORG apples were below the firmness minimum, as opposed to 36% and 58% of CON and INT apples, respectively, that were below the minimum. This illustrates the better long-term storability of ORG apples in this study. Although no system was consistently rated higher for firmness or texture by the consumer panels, the ORG apples were always rated as firm or firmer and having equal or better texture than fruit from the other systems. CON apples were generally rated to be less firm and to have poorer texture, while INT apples were more similar to ORG apples in these criteria. Greater firmness in organic apples after storage compared to conventional and/or integrated apples was reported for ‘Golden Delicious’ apples (Reganold et al.,2001. Weibel et al., 2000), but not for organic ‘Cortland’ or ‘McIntosh’ apples (DeEll and Prange, 1992).
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