Ripening Stages

Fruit Sample

Color Featuresa

L*

a*

b*

C*

h˚

Green

41

46.8 ± 3.7 b

−18.6 ± 8.1 c

32.7 ± 5.1 b

37.6

−1.1

Turning

26

60.9 ± 7.1 a

−3.0 ± 12.0 b

57.3 ± 11.3 a

57.4

−1.5

Ripe

29

60.3 ± 6.9 a

21.5 ± 6.4 a

60.8 ± 10.4 a

64.4

1.2

Fully ripe

22

34.6 ± 3.5 c

24.4 ± 3.5 a

18.0 ± 6.0 c

30.3

0.6