Sweet Orange Lab Report

Sweet Orange (C. sinensis): Fruit diameter and per fruit weight are of commercial importance for citrus fruits marketing and trade/business. It is generally considered that in citrus with excessive increase in size the quality is impaired, while on the other side small sized fruits are of low quality (Nawaz et al., 2008). The maximum fruit length was observed in Mosambi Local
-3 cultivar and minimum was recorded in Mosambi
Local-1 (5.40 cm). The maximum fruit width was observed in cultivar Mosambi Local-3 (7.20 cm), while the minimum width of fruit cultivars Mosambi Local-1
(5.78 cm). The maximum fruit weight was observed in
Mosambi Local -4 (163 g) cultivar and minimum was recorded in Mosambi Local-1 (83.66 g). The maximum volume of fruits were recorded
The maximum juice percentage was found in cultivar Mosambi Local -3 (39.46%) while the minimum in cultivar Mosambi Local-1(36.72%). It is lucid from the table that the cultivar Mosambi Local-1
(yellow), and Mosambi Local-2, Mosambi Local-3,
Mosambi Local-4 and Mosambi Local-5 are green/ yellowish in colour. Juice percentage in the citrus fruit is considered to be very important. The ultimate demand of customer is higher juice percentage in the fruit. Results regarding the juice percentage revealed significant differences among different cultivars.
Hashmi et al. (2012) found that the physical characteristics of sweet orange skin colour (greenish yellow), average weight (199 g), average diameter (84.06 mm), thickness (2.34 mm), weigth of peel (47.1 g), weight of seed (12.6 g), number of seed (17) and juice percent
(37.95). The maximum Total soluble solid was recorded in cultivar Mosambi Local-1 (12.66 0Brix) and minimum in cultivar Mosambi Local-5 (7.6 0Brix).
Lowest acidity was recorded in cultivar Mosambi Local-2
(0.52%) and highest in cultivar Mosambi Local-5
(0.83%). The maximum ascorbic acid was recorded in cultivar Mosambi Local-4 (66.24 mg/100g) and