Of the five cultivars that ranked highest for antioxidant activity at harvest, foursBluegold, Legacy, Little Giant, and MSU-58salso ranked highest 3 weeks postharvest (Table 1) and were distinguishable from the three lowest-ranking cultivars at that time. Two of the four cultivarssLegacy and MSU-58s maintained high antioxidant activity levels after 5 and 7 weeks of storage. The lowest-ranking cultivars at harvest remained so through the third and fifth weeks of storage.