Freshly harvested litchi (Litchi chinensis L) fruits of ‘Shahi’cultivar were procured from Muzaffarpur region of Bihar,India. The fruits were packed in ventilated corrugated fi ber
board boxes and transported by air to Mysore. The fruits were sorted and washed. Fruit weight, length, diameter,pulp, peel, seed content and visual colour of randomly selected
litchi fruits were recorded.