Table 1
Sensory scores and description of five different finger feel firmness of tomatoes
Description
Just picked at the light red stage of maturity, very fresh and firm, easily marketable Picked at the light red maturation stage and stored for 2–3 days at 20 _C at 68% RH, but they remained very firm and there was no indication of softness by the finger touching test.
Easily marketable Stored tomatoes, although they were slightly soft their firmness was good enough for making salads and slicing. These are still marketable Stored tomatoes. They were softer than ‘‘C acceptability level’’ and not good enough for making salads but could be used for cooking or production of tomato paste. They have poor market quality and are more overripe fruit Overripe tomatoes. They were very soft and softer than ‘‘D acceptability level’’. They could be used for just cooking or producing of tomato paste, and have very poor market quality