Table 1. Fruit quality attributes of ‘Summer Prince’ and ‘Summer King’ apples at harvest
Cultivars | Fruit weight (g) | Flesh firmness (N/∮11mm) | Soluble solids content (°Brix) | Titratable acidity (%) | Internal ethylene concentration (μL/L) |
Summer Prince | 228.2±8.61) | 77.7±1.3 | 11.3±0.2 | 0.55±0.01 | 1.3±0.3 |
Summer King | 186.4±3.8 | 77.8±0.7 | 13.4±0.1 | 0.39±0.01 | 9.3±2.3 |
| Sunny side region | Background region |
L* | a* | b* | L* | a* | b* |
Summer Prince | 57.4±1.3 | −4.5±2.8 | 24.6±1.1 | 64.7±0.4 | 16.9±0.2 | 29.4±0.2 |
Summer King | 65.4±0.5 | −9.3±1.1 | 29.2±0.3 | 65.3±0.5 | 14.4±0.4 | 29.5±0.2 |
All values are expressed as mean±standard error (n=15).