Table 1 Pomological characteristics and Soluble Solid Content (SSC), pH and acidity of hawthorn species (fresh weight basis)
Species | Fruit weight (g) | Fruit height (mm) | Fruit width (mm) | Seed number | Seed weight (g) | Fruit stalk length (mm) | Fruit stalk thickness (mm) | SCC (%) | pH | Acidity (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
C. pontica | 2.29 c* | 13.13 bcd | 12.15 c | 1.00 e | 0.24 f | 7.21 b | 0.87 cde | 17.51 b | 4.58 b | 0.88 c |
C. atrosanguinea. | 1.49 d | 13.51 bc | 13.36 c | 4.00 b | 0.45 de | 0.83 d | 0.89 b-e | 11.61 c | 4.29 b | 1.65 b |
C. meyeri | 0.58 e | 10.86 e | 10.38 d | 1.00 e | 0.13 g | 13.60 a | 0.36 de | 3.05 e | 5.06 ab | 0.22 f |
C. pseudoheterophylla | 3.48 a | 1.67 f | 2.21 e | 4.00 b | 0.68 ab | 1.71 d | 0.10 e | 7.75 d | 4.22 b | 0.46 e |
C. orientalis var. orientalis | 3.20 ab | 15.56 a | 17.68 a | 4.00 b | 0.75 a | 4.14 c | 1.63 ab | 11.85 c | 4.26 b | 1.78 b |
C. monogyna subsp. azarella | 2.93 b | 14.75 ab | 14.80 b | 2.00 d | 0.54 cd | 1.57 d | 1.90 a | 20.00 a | 5.99 a | 0.41 e |
C. monogyna subsp. monogyna | 1.35 d | 13.12 bcd | 12.55 c | 1.00 e | 0.29 f | 7.63 b | 0.82 cde | 18.25 b | 4.73 ab | 0.82 c |
C. curvisepala | 0.62 e | 11.20 de | 10.02 d | 1.00 e | 0.26 f | 13.32 a | 0.67 cde | 3.35 e | 5.22 ab | 0.65 d |
C. szovitsii | 1.25 d | 12.54 cde | 12.69 c | 3.00 c | 0.27 f | 8.14 b | 1.37 abc | 2.35 e | 4.50 b | 0.31 ef |
Crataegus pentagyna | 1.60 d | 1.29 f | 1.44 e | 5.00 5 | 0.61 bc | 1.58 d | 0.20 e | 12.02 c | 4.36 b | 0.45 e |
C. aroni var. aroni | 3.00 b | 15.72 a | 17.67 a | 4.00 b | 0.43 e | 7.18 b | 1.05 bcd | 11.50 c | 4.61 b | 2.40 a |