Organic production of new apple cultivars in Sweden
Tahir I.I. and Jonsson A.
5th International Postharvest Symposium . Volume of Abstract . Verona, Italy 6-11 June 2004, p.98
2004
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Organic production of new apple cultivars in Sweden
Since the end of last century, increasingly demand on high-quality agricultural commodities that be produced by means other than using chemicals, enhanced the importance of the fruits organic production. Because of the insufficiency of suitable fruit production, fruit processing in
Sweden depends on the consumption of the non qualified apples or on the import of 6000 tons a year. As a response to this requirement, we studied during 2000-2003, the organic production of sixteen apple varieties for processing.
Tree vegetative growth, yield, ripening date, fruit size, shape, skin colour, flesh firmness and colour, SSC, Acidity, pectin, phenol compounds, juicily, texture, C-vitamin, and resistance to fungal decay were controlled. According to the experiment results, ten varieties were suggested as suitable to Swedish conditions.