ISHS Acta Horticulturae 398: Postharvest Physiology of Fruits
STORAGE AND AFTER-RIPENING OF PEARS |
| Author: | J. Henze |
| Keywords: | After-ripening, Consistency, Pears, Ripeness criteria, Skin colour, Storage |
| Abstract:
Pears of cv. Conference, Vereinsdechant and Alexander Lucas were stored for 4 to 16 weeks at 1 °C, 4 °C or 16 °C and then after-ripened for 3 to 4 days at 20 °C. Stages of ripening were estimated by weight loss, skin colour, flesh firmness and eating quality. Pears of cv. Alexander Lucas had the longest shelf-life of the cvs. examined irrespective of temperature regime employed. Skin colour and flesh firmness proved the most appropriate parameters for determining the picking date. Subjective criteria such as skin colour, firmness and taste coincided with analytical data such as penetration and a-value (CIELAB) when fruit quality was determined after storage and ripening. | |
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