Fruit Quality Characteristics of Different Sweet Cherry (Prunus avium L.) Cultivars Grown in Ordu Province of Turkey

Abstract

In this study, fruit quality characteristics of sweet cherry cultivars (Prunus avium L. cvs. 0900 Ziraat, Kordia, Lambert, Regina, Sweetheart) grown in Ordu province in Turkey were investigated. The Kordia cultivar's fruit mass, width, and length were measured higher than Lambert and 0900 Ziraat cultivars. However, it was observed that the fruit mass, width and length of the Kordia cultivar were similar to Regina and Sweetheart. It was determined that the fruit firmness of 0900 Ziraat, Regina and Sweetheart cultivars was similar level. However, firmness values measured in this cultivar were higher than those of Kordia and Lambert cultivars. Also, higher firmness was measured in the Kordia cultivar than in the Lambert. While the highest a* value was measured in Lambert, the lowest a* value was obtained in the Kordia cultivar. A similar soluble solids content (SSC) of 0900 Ziraat, Lambert and Regina's cultivars was determined. However, it was determined that the content measured in the cultivars was higher than the SSC of the Lambert and Sweetheart cultivars. The titratable acidity content of the cultivars (Regina and 0900 Ziraat similar) was different. The highest titratable acidity was measured in Lambert, and the lowest in the Sweetheart cultivar. Similarly, the vitamin C content of all cultivars was found to be different from each other, and the highest vitamin C was measured in Kordia and the lowest in the Sweetheart cherry cultivar