Determination of Some Harvesting Parameters of Stanley Variety Plum

It is desired to have the fruit preserved high quality throughout the marketing period while considering fruit maturity, any delay in harvesting time cause increase in ripening and quality but decrease in fruit resistance. As the harvesting time of Stanley plum varieties, the fourth week of August and the first week of September are recommended. In the study, it was aimed to determine some harvesting parameters of Stanley plum varieties for the recommended harvesting time. According to the results of research; fruit detachment force, rate of mass to fruit detachment force, bio-rupture force values, pH, titration acidity, total soluble solids, rate of pulp to kernel, color intensity (C*), color (h°) were measured for Stanley variety plum in first week of September. The values were found as 11.93 N, 3.76, 6.88 N, 4.03, 0.60 %, 17.29 %, 18.16, 6.96, 324.44 for Stanley variety plum, respectively.