Impact of harvest timing on fruit quality of sweet cherry cultivars
Author: Todd Einhorn, Matthew Whiting, Lynn Long
Published: 2010
Summary: The objectives of this project were: 1) Quantify and identify changes in quality attributes of ten cultivars, ranging from early to late season ripening, throughout final fruit growth and ripening in OR (Einhorn/Long) and WA 2) Determine the effect of harvest timing on quality throughout storage, including pitting incidence 3) Determine the value of growing degree day models to predict growth, development and maturity of cherry varieties growing at different sites 4) Develop extension materials (e.g., color charts) for identifying optimum harvest timing for new cultivars
