Fruit of “Surkh” cultivar of loquat were harvested at mature ripe stage from the orchard of Hill Fruit Research Station, Tret, Murree, (73° 17’ 00”E longitude and 33° 50’ 00”N latitude) and transported on the same day to the Post Harvest Laboratory at the Department of Horticulture, Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi. The fruit were clipped and washed with distilled water to remove any dirt and dipped for two minutes in the following concentrations of Calcium chloride (CaCl2) solution