HARVESTING PERIODS FOR TANGERINES IN THE DEPRESSÃO CENTRAL REGION OF SOUTHERN BRAZIL
Abstract
With the objective to recommend varieties with different ripening times, a collection of tangerine trees at the Agronomic Experiment Station of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, RS, southem Brazil (30°39'S — 51°06W) has been under evaluation over a five-year period. Fruit samples were picked every two weeks and analysed for total soluble solida (TSS), titratable acidity (TA), the TSS/TA ratio and the percentage of juice. Resulta indicate that the best periods to harvest was concluded highest quality that 'Lee' fruits tangerines of the evaluated should be tangerine harvested varieties not earlier are as than follows: April after 15 over 2' and a five-year not later than period lune of evaluation 302'; 'Cravo' it between May 15" and July 31'; cv. 'Facket' should not be harvested before lune 1° and after August 31' and 'King' tangerines, between October 1° and 31". 'Clementine' tangerines, sampled for four years, should be harvested fiem Arpil 1' until May 31', while 'Oneco' and 'Montenegrina' sampled only for three seasons, have been recommended to be harvested between -lune 1' and July 31', and between July 15 2' and October 15', respectively.
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