Yield and Quality of Peach under Different Locations

Abstract

The studies were carried out in order to find out the yield and quality of peach under 3 different locations i.e. Royal Angkhang Agriculture Station, Inthanon Station, Mae Boon Luang Development Center. Four peach cultivars i.e. Earligrande, Flordabelle, Flordasun and native peach Angkhang Red were used during October 1995 to June 1996. The results showed that at the Royal Angkhang Agriculture Station the most suitable cultivar was Earligrande, due to high yield (9.66 kg/ tree) and good taste (TSS:TA 21.14). The second cultivar was Flordabelle, due to high yield (10.94 kg/tree) but poor taste (TSS:TA 11.06). While the Flordasun cultivar was not suitable, because of low yield (5.91 kg/tree) and poor taste (TSS:TA 8.60).

At the Inthanon Station, the most suitable cultivar was Earligrande, due to high yield (9.94 kg /tree), large fruit size (105.67 g/fruit) and good taste (TSS:TA 20.86). The second cultivar was Flordasun, due to high yield (13.43 kg/tree), moderately good taste (TSS:TA 15.67), but small fruit size (82.44 g/fruit). The Flordabelle cultivar was not suitable, because of low yield (6.18 kg/tree) and poor taste (TSS:TA 12.59) althougth it produced large fruit size (170.21 g/fruit).

At the Mae Boon Luang Development Center, only Earligrande was suitable because of the highest yield (10.15 kg/tree), large fruit size (95.09 g/fruit) and moderately good taste (TSS:TA 14.86), Flordabelle and Flordasun were not suitable because of low yield (4.80 and 5.94 kg/tree) and poor taste (TSS:TA 12.24 and 12.84).