Evaluation of Some Berry Quality Characteristics in Vitis Vinifera Cv. Kalecik Karasi Clones

Abstract

Some quality characteristics of berries i.e., total sugar, titrable acidity, pH and soluble solid were determined for 23 clones of Vitis vinifera L. cv. Kalecik Karasi. Significant differences (p < 0.05) were recorded for the quality characteristics among clones. Glucose and fructose content ranged from 120.59 to 136.45 and 112.505 to 123.185 g L-1, respectively; whereas glucose/fructose ratio ranged from 0.900 to 0.955. Likewise, soluble solids, total acidity and pH ranged from 21.00 to 25.60%, 0.30 to 0.55% and 3.00 to 3.70, respectively. The overall similarity level of all clones was found 80.278%. As a result, it can be concluded that three Kalecik Karasi clones: 6, 18 and 19 may be considered to have reasonable performance in terms of evaluated characteristics in the study. (C) 2012 Friends Science Publishers