Sensory Evaluation of Organically-Grown Fruit of Some Scab-resistant Apple Cultivars

Cmelik, Z.¹, Tojnko, S.², Unuk, T.², Schlauer, B.² and A. Vogrin, A.²

Fruit quality of five scab resistant apple cultivars (Angold, Ecolette, Goldrush, Sir Prize and Topaz) from organic growing conditions was tested.

To assess external and internal fruit quality, the following were investigated: (I) standard parameters (fruit weight, firmness, soluble solids, malic acid) and (II) sensorial quality by panel tests (fruit size, shape and color; hardness, texture, juiciness, sweet/acid taste, aroma and overall flavor).

Large differences in sensory scores for particular quality attribute were found between cultivars. The hedonic scores showed that the highest preference was for ‘Goldrush’ and the lowest for ‘Topaz’.