Turkey is one of the largest cherry producer and exporter countries of the world. The fact that 0900 Ziraat is the main variety used in cultivation limits both export period and export quantity. It is required to use new early and late varieties that allow cultivation in different periods. The rain that falls during maturity period causes cracking in cherry fruits and impairs the quality of the leads. This study was conducted on the cherry varieties of Big Lory and Prime Giant in Fruit Growing Research Station. The harvested fruit samples were tested in terms of fruit weight, fruit width, fruit length, fruit flesh firmness, fruit stem weight, fruit stem length, total soluble solids (TSS), pH, titratable acidity (TA), TSS / TA ratio, fruit skin color, and artificial cracking. As a result, both of the cherry cultivars were found to be suitable to the needs of the market in terms of some fruit quality parameters. The results suggested that they had pretty good values of especially fruit weight (13.38 g for Big Lory; 14.32 g for Prime Giant) and fruit width (31,15 mm for Big Lory; 31,84 mm for Prime Giant). The cracking index was determined to be 53.73 in Big Lory and 38.30 in Prime Giant
Birincil Dil | Türkçe |
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Bölüm | Araştırma Makaleleri |
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Yayımlanma Tarihi | 1 Mart 2014 |
Gönderilme Tarihi | 26 Ocak 2015 |
Yayımlandığı Sayı | Yıl 2014 Cilt: 1 Sayı: Özel Sayı-2 |