Table 1
Effects of ReTain, Harvista and SmartFresh treatments on flesh firmness in ‘Jonathan' apples during cold storage

Treatment¹⁾(mg/L)	Flesh firmness (N)
	Storage duration (days)
	At harvest	15	30	45	60	75
Control	56.2±3.10	52.9±2.94^a2)	51.9±2.06^a	50.7±1.71^b	49.4±1.15^c	45.4±2.23^c
ReTain (75)	56.2±3.10	55.8±1.46^a	55.0±3.88^a	56.1±2.53^a	56.1±1.34^a	56.1±0.76^a
Harvista (125)	56.2±3.10	54.4±1.84^a	51.2±2.90^a	52.6±1.28^b	52.9±3.95^b	52.5±1.27^b
Smart Fresh (1)	56.2±3.10	55.7±1.64^a	55.1±1.66^a	54.5±1.94^a	55.3±1.24^a	54.6±1.84^a

Retain, AVG; Harvista, sprayable 1-MCP; SmartFresh, fumigation 1-MCP.
All values are expressed as mean±SD (n=5). Means separation within a column by Duncan's multiple range test (p=0.05).