According to the study of Ahmad et al. (2007), speed of ripening was independent of harvest maturity at the ripening temperature of 16°C but that it was reduced at 13°C for more immature fruit. Also chilling injury occurred at 13°C which reduced the acceptability of the fruit. The symptoms of chilling injury progressed as the fruit ripened and were more apparent at colour stage 6 than early colour stages. Bananas from the early stage of maturity showed increased levels of chilling injury symptoms. Early harvesting resulted poor quality ripe fruit in terms of the total soluble solids and eating quality. Therefore, the variation in the quality of ripe fruit on a commercial scale could be due to the difference of harvest maturity.