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| | Principles and practices of small - and medium - scale fruit juice processing |
 | | Special cultivars, developed with criteria such as yield, location adaptability, resistance to disease, insects, drought tolerance, harvest period, ease of cultivation and harvest, handling and storage durability, processing characteristics and sensory appeal (colour, taste, aroma, texture) are characteristics now determined by commercial breeding practices (Table 5.1). |
 | | Thus a fruit such as avocado or peach may be mature, fully developed and ready to be harvested, but far from ripe, requiring careful ripening conditions to achieve optimum quality. |
 | | Harvest aids, machines and hand-pickers function better in moderate weather, but this isn't always possible. |
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