Table 1 Quality character istics of Fuji apples according to commodity price (unit: %, mg% wet base)

Quality characteristics	Apple samples
	A	B	C	D
	Weight (g)	273.33±28.66	262.00±20.97	254.33±15.29	257.67±27.48
Volume (mL)	321.85±33.31	313.39±26.4	301.12±20.85	312.25±34.81
pH	3.99±0.10^b1)	4.12±0.06^ab	4.12±0.05^ab	4.22±0.07^a
Titratable acidity (%)	0.32±0.03^a	0.29±0.03^a	0.30±0.26^a	0.22±0.04^b
Soluble solid (%)	13.92±0.71^a	13.73±0.96^a	11.19±0.79^b	9.16±0.34^c
SSC/TA ratio	44.62±1.98^a	48.20±6.61^a	37.61±3.31^b	42.65±6.38^a

Fructose (%)	6.34±0.43^a	6.03±0.44^a	5.59±0.70^b	4.42±0.27^c
Sorbitol (%)	0.87±0.15^a	0.74±0.24^a	0.56±0.21^b	0.37±0.07^c
Glucose (%)	2.59±0.35^a	2.47±0.42^a	2.32±0.49^a	1.51±0.44^b
Sucrose (%)	2.15±0.64^a	1.30±0.34^b	1.14±0.37^b	1.17±0.57^b
Total free sugar (%)	11.96±0.89^a	10.53±1.32^b	9.61±1.38^c	7.47±0.60^d
Fructose/Glucose	2.44	2.44	2.40	2.78

Malic acid (mg%)	372.48±40.36^a	329.89±37.81^b	346.48±50.59^b	307.86±32.59^b
Shikimic acid (mg%)	0.99±0.11^a	0.91±0.05^ab	0.95±0.12^ab	0.86±0.12^b
Citric acid (mg%)	12.83±3.30	13.43±2.32	11.80±2.17	11.38±1.58
Total organic acid (mg%)	386.29±40.28^a	344.23±38.56^b	359.23±51.39^b	320.09±32.24^b

Means±SD (n=36) within each column followed by the same letter are not significantly different (p<0.05).