5.7 



Fruit weight (oz) 



Flesh firmness (lbs) 



m 



9/29 



14 



Soluble solids (%) 



90 



Red color (%) 



^ 



9/29 



10* 



live 



10/6 



rxa' 



10/6 



Internal ethylene (log ppm) 



9/16 9/22 9/29 10/8 10/13 



100 



Internal ethylene > 1ppm (% 



2/8 9/15 9/22 9/29 10/6 10/13 



Starch index value 



5 



3 



tan- 



1 



9fl 9/15 9/22 *29 1<y6 10/13 



Figure 2. Weight, flesh firmness, percent red color, internal ethylene concentration, percent 

 with internal ethylene concentration > 1 ppm, soluble solids content, and starch index value 

 of Liberty and Empire fruit throughout the 1989 harvest season. 



Fruit Notes, Summer, 1991 



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