Slovenia; analysis P. Konopacki, Research Institute of Pomology and
Floriculture, Skierniewice, Poland). It can be seen how the estimated
distribution changes with storage time, and that they are somewhat dif-
ferent for apples of two successive harvest dates from the same orchard.
What also can be seen from Figure 7.10 is that the apparent rate of color
development for more mature individuals is faster than for the mean of
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FIGURE 7.10Distribution of color (green/red) measured as a-value for one orchard
harvested at early (top) and mature (bottom) stages of maturity and stored during 142
at 10°C.