Table 4
Sensory evaluation of or iental melon by consumer

	Sensory attribute		Oriental melon¹⁾
	Sensory attribute		OCI	OCII	OCIII	OCVI	OCV	CC
Whole oriental melonwith skin		Size	5.46±1.63^b2)	4.22±1.83^d	4.97±1.82^c	6.50±1.39^a	6.49±1.64^a	5.91±1.73^b
		Color intensity	4.68±2.02^a	2.89±1.54^e	3.85±1.95^c	4.03±2.10^c	3.55±2.11^b	3.95±1.88^b
		Degree of damage	6.10±1.50^b	2.95±1.38^e	5.08±1.50^c	5.32±1.34^c	3.92±1.64^d	6.71±1.31^a
Mesocarp	Appearance	Width of mesocarp	4.83±1.54^cd	4.68±1.62^d	5.54±1.62^bc	5.17±1.51^bc	5.27±1.47^bc	7.04±1.28^a
		Attachment intensity³⁾	5.50±2.00^c	5.40±1.96^c	5.80±2.02^bc	5.69±2.00^c	6.40±1.95^a	6.31±2.00^ab
		Size of seed	5.84±1.41^a	5.78±1.57^a	5.67±1.69^a	5.75±1.50^a	5.57±1.70^a	3.09±1.29^b
	Aroma	Sweet	6.11±1.83^ab	5.56±1.81^bc	5.61±2.02^bc	6.24±1.50^a	5.49±1.85^c	5.80±1.93^abc
		Unique oriental melon	6.01±1.52^a	5.92±1.76^a	6.05±1.97^a	6.58±1.29^a	5.85±1.83^a	6.15±1.82^a
		Over ripe aroma	2.66±1.81^a	2.72±1.65^a	2.67±1.73^a	2.43±1.61^a	2.64±1.60^a	2.71±1.76^a
	Taste	Sweet	6.02±1.77^ab	6.00±2.09^ab	5.01±1.98^c	6.38±1.68^a	5.47±2.18^bc	5.82±1.96^ab
		Unique oriental melon	5.90±1.79^b	5.77±1.81^b	5.54±1.93^b	6.43±1.59^a	5.73±1.91^b	5.77±1.86^b
		Bitterness	2.46±1.64^a	2.85±1.84^a	2.86±1.76^a	2.51±1.48^a	2.63±1.48^a	2.80±1.85^a
		Over ripe taste(off flavor)	2.87±1.92^ab	3.34±2.19^a	3.13±1.90^ab	2.59±1.59^b	3.22±2.00^a	3.40±2.02^a
	Texture	Hardness	4.51±1.79^b	4.39±1.73^b	5.45±1.85^a	5.47±1.52^a	5.48±1.76^a	5.32±1.83^a
		Juiciness	6.03±1.65^ab	5.99±1.70^ab	5.72±1.66^b	6.01±1.67^ab	6.08±1.52^ab	6.25±1.62^a
		Crunchy	4.73±1.91^b	4.56±1.98^b	5.94±1.93^a	5.88±1.75^a	5.85±1.82^a	5.68±2.06^a
		Seed content	5.70±1.68^a	5.79±1.71^a	6.04±1.63^a	6.02±1.61^a	5.56±1.76^a	4.76±1.90^b
		Hardness of seed	4.90±1.88^a	5.30±1.90^a	5.30±1.74^a	5.28±1.67^a	4.38±1.82^b	3.05±1.41^c
		Mealiness	4.28±1.91^a	4.14±1.82^ab	3.95±1.89^ab	3.63±1.57^b	3.67±1.63^b	3.83±1.78^ab
	Total acceptability		5.63±1.70^b	5.18±1.90^bc	4.98±1.94^d	6.14±1.52^a	5.22±1.97^bc	5.38±1.95^bc

¹⁾OCI-OCV, organic cultivation according to farm; CC, conventional cultivation.
²⁾Means±SD within each column followed by the same letter are not significantly different (p<0.05).
³⁾Attachment intensity between mesocarp and endocarp (seed).