Papaya Biology, Cultivation, Production and Uses

Descriptors 207

5.10 Number of flowers per node
5.11 Number of fruits per node
5.12 Uniformity of fruit distribution

0 Not uniform

+ Uniform

5.13 Number of fruits on trunk

An average of five plants should be taken from a 1–2 year fruiting season

5.14 Length of peduncle (cm)

Average of five plants

5.15 Skin colour of immature fruits

1. Yellow


2. Light green


3. Green


4. Other (specify in the notes descriptor, 8)
   5.16 Stalk end fruit shape


5. Depressed


6. Flattened


7. Inflated


8. Pointed
   5.17 Size of blossom end scar


9. Small (<0.5 cm)


10. Intermediate


11. Large (>1.0 cm)
    5.18 Fruit skin texture when ripe


12. Smooth


13. Intermediate


14. Rough (ridged)
    5.19 Ridging on fruit surface


15. Superficial (low depression)


16. Intermediate (moderate depression)


17. Deep (usually five distinct ridges)
    5.20 Fruit weight (g)

Average of five fruits

5.21 Fruit length (cm)

To be measured from base of calyx to tip of fruit. Average of five fruits

5.22 Fruit diameter (cm)