Table 1. Physical quality characteristics of peach fruits depending on the development stages

Sample Development stages
Stone hardening Fruit enlargement Ripening
Length(mm) Wild Peach 38.6±2.11)c2)C3) 45.5±3.7bC 53.4±4.3aC
Hikawa Hakuho 47.0±3.7cB 55.7±2.9bB 60.8±1.8aB
Baekhyang 53.1±2.3cA 68.4±3.0bA 88.6±5.3aA
Width(mm) Wild Peach 29.4±3.9cC 43.2±4.5bC 53.7±4.4aC
Hikawa Hakuho 45.7±4.0cA 63.6±3.2bB 73.1±2.1aB
Baekhyang 42.0±1.5cB 68.5±3.1bA 87.0±5.6aA
Weight(g) Wild Peach 18.2±3.7cB 49.2±12.2bC 84.2±19.6aC
Hikawa Hakuho 61.4±12.9cA 139.1±18.0bB 193.1±12.7aB
Baekhyang 56.9±5.5cA 178.3±14.9bA 337.9±71.0aA
Ratio of length/width Wild Peach 1.33±0.10aA 1.06±0.06bA 1.00±0.04cB
Hikawa Hakuho 1.03±0.05aC 0.88±0.04bC 0.83±0.02cC
Baekhyang 1.27±0.04aB 1.00±0.06bB 1.02±0.03bA
1)Value represent means±SD (n=20).
2)a-cMeans followed by the same letters within the row are not significantly different (p<0.05).
3)A-CMeans followed by the same letters within the column are not significantly different (p<0.05).