TABLE 3.
Fruit quality for IAD class C reveal persistent differences between canopy positions.
| Canopy position | Months storage | Weight (g) at harvest | Weight (g) in storage | Firmness in storage | Firmness + 7 days @ 25°C | IAD In storage | SSC in storage | SSC + 7 days @ 25°C | pH |
| External | 0 | 259.8 A | 62.4 A | 14.0 A | |||||
| Internal | 222.0 B | 59.7 B | 12.2 B | ||||||
| External | 3 | 247.7 A | 243.5 A | 61.1 Aa | 9.8 Bb* | 1.78 B | 13.9 A | 14.4 A | 3.85 B |
| Internal | 214.8 B | 210.7 B | 57.2 Ba | 15.2 Ab* | 1.81 A | 12.7 B | 13.3 B | 3.96 A | |
| External | 6 | 247.7 | 241.1 | 57.0 a | 9.6 b | 1.71 B | 14.0 Ab | 15.4 Aa | 3.73 |
| Internal | 234.6 | 228.3 | 55.1 a | 11.0 b | 1.76 A | 12.3 Bb | 13.5 Ba | 3.65 | |
| External | 8 | 257.7 A | 249.9 A | 50.5 a | 9.7 Bb | 1.63 | 14.2 A | 14.2 | 3.71 |
| Internal | 227.2 B | 220.7 B | 52.3 a | 11.3 Ab | 1.67 | 12.6 Bb | 13.7 a | 3.66 |
SSC, soluble solids content (or °BRIX), bold ∗ P < 0.05 for change in firmness in response to conditioning. Post hoc SNK test discriminated the means and was reported with capital letters by position within each timepoint (vertically) and in small letters within each position × timepoint between unripe and ripe (horizontally). IAD at harvest showed no significant differences. n ≥ 14 fruit. P < 0.05.