Abstract
Over 225 apple cultivars grown at the Horticultural Research Center in Belchertown have been evaluated for fruit quality and fruit characteristics. Methods used to determine fruit characteristics and organoleptic assessment will be presented. The postharvest potential of the most promising apples will be presented. Two apples ripen about the first of September and show promise for early market. `Sansa' is a medium-sized red apple that ripens about the first of September. It is a high-quality apple with characteristics similar to `Gala'. `Ginger Gold' is a large, firm, mild-flavored, russet-free, yellow apple. `Honeycrisp' is a red apple that ripens in mid-September, before `McIntosh'. It is a large, mild-flavored apple that is sometimes erratic in red color development. It maintains firmness and explosive crispness out of storage better than any other apple evaluated. `Golden Supreme' is an extremely attractive, russet-free `Golden Delicious' type ripening 7 to 10 days before `Golden Delicious'. When ripe it has a very aromatic, fruity flavor. It stores better than `Golden Delicious'. Other apples with merit that have commercial potential include: `Hampshire', `Shizuka', `Cameo', `Creston', `Coop 25', `Coop 29', and `Braeburn'. `Pink Lady' is a very late maturing, new cultivar that is being heavily planted in other areas. Although it does mature here, based upon starch rating, fruit size is small, the flesh is dry and very tart, and taste is only fair.
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Claims 11
Claim · model-written summary
Two apple cultivars ripen around September first and show early-market promise.
- Taxon
- apple
Malus domesticat0 - Outcome
- Two apples ripen about the first of September and show promise for early markete0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Two apples ripen about the first of September and show promise for early market”
t0“Apple”
Claim · model-written summary
Sansa is a medium red, high-quality apple ripening about September first, similar to Gala.
- Taxon
- appleMalus domesticat0
- Material
- `Sansa'e0
- Outcome
- `Sansa' is a medium-sized red apple that ripens about the first of September. It is a high-quality apple with characteristics similar to `Gala'e0
- Comparator
- `Gala'e0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“`Sansa' is a medium-sized red apple that ripens about the first of September. It is a high-quality apple with characteristics similar to `Gala'”
t0“Apple”
Claim · model-written summary
Ginger Gold is a large, firm, mild-flavored, russet-free yellow apple.
- Taxon
- appleMalus domesticat0
- Material
- `Ginger Gold'e0
- Outcome
- `Ginger Gold' is a large, firm, mild-flavored, russet-free, yellow applee0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“`Ginger Gold' is a large, firm, mild-flavored, russet-free, yellow apple”
t0“Apple”
Claim · model-written summary
Honeycrisp ripens in mid-September before McIntosh.
- Taxon
- appleMalus domesticat0
- Material
- `Honeycrisp'e0
- Outcome
- `Honeycrisp' is a red apple that ripens in mid-September, before `McIntosh'e0
- Comparator
- `McIntosh'e0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“`Honeycrisp' is a red apple that ripens in mid-September, before `McIntosh'”
t0“Apple”
Claim · model-written summary
Honeycrisp is large and mild flavored with sometimes erratic red development.
- Taxon
- appleMalus domesticat0
- Outcome
- It is a large, mild-flavored apple that is sometimes erratic in red color developmente0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“It is a large, mild-flavored apple that is sometimes erratic in red color development”
t0“Apple”
Claim · model-written summary
Honeycrisp retained firmness and crispness in storage better than other evaluated apples.
- Taxon
- appleMalus domesticat0
- Outcome
- It maintains firmness and explosive crispness out of storage better than any other apple evaluatede0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“It maintains firmness and explosive crispness out of storage better than any other apple evaluated”
t0“Apple”
Claim · model-written summary
Golden Supreme ripens 7 to 10 days before Golden Delicious.
- Taxon
- appleMalus domesticat0
- Material
- `Golden Supreme'e0
- Outcome
- `Golden Supreme' is an extremely attractive, russet-free `Golden Delicious' type ripening 7 to 10 days before `Golden Delicious'e0
- Value
- 7 to 10 dayse0
- Comparator
- `Golden Delicious'e0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“`Golden Supreme' is an extremely attractive, russet-free `Golden Delicious' type ripening 7 to 10 days before `Golden Delicious'”
t0“Apple”
Claim · model-written summary
Ripe Golden Supreme has an aromatic, fruity flavor.
- Taxon
- appleMalus domesticat0
- Outcome
- When ripe it has a very aromatic, fruity flavore0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“When ripe it has a very aromatic, fruity flavor”
t0“Apple”
Claim · model-written summary
Golden Supreme stores better than Golden Delicious.
- Taxon
- appleMalus domesticat0
- Outcome
- It stores better than `Golden Delicious'e0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“It stores better than `Golden Delicious'”
t0“Apple”
Claim · model-written summary
Seven additional apple cultivars have commercial potential.
- Taxon
- appleMalus domesticat0
- Outcome
- Other apples with merit that have commercial potential include: `Hampshire', `Shizuka', `Cameo', `Creston', `Coop 25', `Coop 29', and `Braeburn'e0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Other apples with merit that have commercial potential include: `Hampshire', `Shizuka', `Cameo', `Creston', `Coop 25', `Coop 29', and `Braeburn'”
t0“Apple”
Claim · model-written summary
Pink Lady matures locally but its fruit is small, dry, tart and only fair tasting.
- Taxon
- appleMalus domesticat0
- Outcome
- Although it does mature here, based upon starch rating, fruit size is small, the flesh is dry and very tart, and taste is only faire0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Although it does mature here, based upon starch rating, fruit size is small, the flesh is dry and very tart, and taste is only fair”
t0“Apple”