CONSUMER EVALUATION OF SCAB RESISTANT APPLE CULTIVARS

A sensory evaluation of 11 scab resistant apple cultivars was carried out in order to investigate their consumer acceptance.
The following cultivars were evaluated: ‘Co-op 12’, ‘Dayton’, ‘Scarlet O’Hara’ and ‘Williams Pride’ from the U.S., ‘Rubinola’ and ‘Vanda’ from the Czech Republic, and ‘Frida’, ‘Fredrik’, ‘K:1016’, ‘K:1160’ and ‘K:1210’ from the Swedish apple breeding program at Balsgård.
The well-known and popular cultivar ‘Aroma’ was included in the evaluation as a standard.
Each year a big apple fair is arranged in the major apple growing district of Österlen in Sweden.
In the year 2002 the fair was held during the last weekend in September.
The consumer evaluation was carried out at this apple fair.
Altogether at least 100 consumers tasted each variety.
The cultivars were divided into three groups of five cultivars. ‘Aroma’ was included in each group.
Each consumer tasted all five cultivars in one of these groups.
The consumers were asked to score each cultivar for appearance, firmness, juiciness, taste and overall impression on a 100-mm hedonic line scale. ‘Rubinola’ had the highest taste score followed by ‘K:1160’, ‘Aroma’, ‘Fredrik’, ‘Frida’, ‘Scarlet O’Hara’, ‘Williams Pride’, ‘Vanda’, ‘Co-op 12’, ‘K:1210’, ‘K:1016’ and ‘Dayton’. ‘Rubinola’ obtained the highest score for overall impression followed by ‘K:1160’, ‘Aroma’, ‘Frida’, ‘Fredrik’, ‘Scarlet O’Hara’, ‘Vanda’, ‘Williams Pride’, ‘Co-op 12’, ‘Dayton’, ‘K:1210’ and ‘K:1016’.

XI Eucarpia Symposium on Fruit Breeding and Genetics

A.H. Jönsson

Malus, fruit taste, fruit texture, fruit appearance

https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.2004.663.158