Influence of storage delay on quality of ‘Van’ sweet cherry
2003
Bernalte, M.J. | Sabio, E. | Hernandez, M.T. | Gervasini, C.
The effect of delaying cool storage on the quality of ‘Van’ sweet cherries during and after storage was tested. Freshly harvested fruit were held at 22 °C for three different periods, 5, 15 and 25 h, before transfer to cool storage. After the delays, the fruit were cooled to 4 °C in a forced air tunnel and then packed in 500 g trays and wrapped with polypropylene film, and stored for 14 days at 1 °C and 90–95% RH and then 3 days at 7 °C (to simulate long distance transport). The fruit were then kept at room temperature for up to 4 days to study shelf-life. In the initial sample, before cool storage, cherries from the 15 h delay treatment had the highest soluble solids content (SSC), titratable acidity and were firmer. After 17 days of storage the fruit quality was well maintained. Cherries from the 15 h treatment had, in general, the highest color ratings and were firmer after 17 days of storage.
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