- Case Study: Quality Assurance for Melons
Cantaloupes may be harvested when: the fruit begins to separate from the stem (called abscission zone or the slip ) the external color beneath the netting begins to change from green to the net is well developed with a waxy covering (scrape to determine.
- The Commercial Storage of Fruits, Vegetables, and
Quality Characteristics and Criteria: Minimum quality standards for Honey Dew melons are: good internal quality of 8% SSC (10% in California); firm; well formed; mature; and free of aphid stain, rust spot, bruises, broken skin, solar injury (sun scald.
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