Volume 56 Number 1 Article 6
Year 2002 Month 1
Title: Storage Potential of Cold-hardy Apple Cultivars
Authors: A.F. El-Shiekh, C.B.S. Tong, J.J. Luby, E.E. Hoover, and D.S. Bedford
Abstract:
The apple cultivars Fireside, Haralson, Honeygold, Regent, Cortland, Honeycrisp, and Delicious
were harvested at up to three harvest dates in each of two years and fruit were stored for 9 months in air
or controlled atmosphere (CA; 3% O2 + 3% CO2) storage.
Fruit were sampled at harvest and at three
month intervals for firmness, soluble solids content, titratable acidity, starcn concentration, fresh weight
loss, and decay.
Responses to CA storage were generally favorable, though variable among harvest dates
and seasons, for the cultivars in this study.
CA storage helped maintain the quality of 'Fireside', 'Honeygold', 'Cortland', and 'Delicious' compared to air storage. 'Honeycrisp' fruit exhibited few differences between air and CA storage for the parameters measured and quality of the fruit was maintained
at a high level under both regimes. 'Haralson' fruit exhibited poor long-term storage potential, including extensive decay after nine months, and did not benefit from the CA.
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