Trials were conducted on two artichoke (Cynara scolymus L.)
cultivars, ‘Catanese’ from Brindisi was harvested in January 2010,
whereas ‘Violetto Foggiano’ from San Ferdinando di Puglia (Province of Foggia), was harvested on February 2010 and March 2011 from two different fields, repeating the same experiment twice. Artichoke heads were harvested when they reached commercial maturity (defined by the compactness of fully developed buds), and were directly transported to the Postharvest Laboratory at the University of Foggia. For ‘Violetto Foggiano’, since results of two experiments were in accordance, only data from 2011 are reported