Table 3.

Soluble solids, total acid and solid-acid ratio of the three blue honeysuckle cultivars in their respective harvest windows.

Cultivar	Harvest Time	Soluble Solids (SS, %)	Titratable Acid (TA, %)	SS:TA
Lanjingling	47DAF	15.15 ± 0.47 a	1.52 ± 0.08 a	10.00 ± 0.73 c
	52DAF	15.10 ± 0.29 a	1.18 ± 0.01 b	12.83 ± 0.33 b
	57DAF	14.15 ± 0.31 a	1.14 ± 0.08 b	12.44 ± 0.73 b
	62DAF	14.44 ± 0.97 a	1.09 ± 0.09 b	13.28 ± 1.47 b
	67DAF	13.84 ± 0.37 a	0.86 ± 0.02 c	16.01 ± 0.78 a
	Average	14.54 ± 0.58	1.16 ± 0.23	12.91 ± 2.15
Wulan	46DAF	17.23 ± 0.88 a	2.12 ± 0.06 a	8.13 ± 0.22 b
	50DAF	16.13 ± 0.76 a	1.97 ± 0.09 ab	8.20 ± 0.46 b
	54DAF	16.90 ± 1.68 a	1.91 ± 0.12 bc	8.89 ± 1.33 ab
	58DAF	17.41 ± 0.51 a	1.85 ± 0.15 bc	9.44 ± 0.63 ab
	62DAF	17.65 ± 0.58 a	1.73 ± 0.12 c	10.23 ± 0.61 a
	Average	17.06 ± 0.59	1.92 ± 0.14	8.98 ± 0.88
Berel	47DAF	12.88 ± 0.96 b	2.23 ± 0.08 b	5.77 ± 0.28 b
	52DAF	13.52 ± 0.76 b	2.06 ± 0.07 bc	6.57 ± 0.39 ab
	57DAF	16.48 ± 0.08 a	2.51 ± 0.13 a	6.59 ± 0.31 ab
	62DAF	14.31 ± 0.32 b	2.02 ± 0.09 bc	7.08 ± 0.24 a
	67DAF	13.24 ± 0.13 b	1.86 ± 0.09 c	7.11 ± 0.43 a
	Average	14.09 ± 1.44	2.14 ± 0.24	6.62 ± 0.54

Values are presented as mean ± standard deviation. Mean values denoted by different letters (a–c) within the same row indicate statistically significant differences at p < 0.05.