Table 2 Descriptive analysis mean ratings of significantly different attributes for the seven Navel orange samples

From: Chemical and sensory analysis of commercial Navel oranges in California

Descriptive attributes

Navel A

Navel B

Navel F

Navel OL

Navel S

Navel SW

Navel W

Size

6.16b

5.17de

5.26d

4.74e

5.87bc

5.58 cd

7.56a

Exterior hue

6.23ab

5.61c

6.70a

6.09bc

5.62c

4.64d

6.55ab

Fruit firmness

6.04a

3.71c

4.97b

5.14b

5.02b

5.58ab

5.14b

Bumpiness

4.99a

2.11c

3.06b

4.55a

3.52b

4.55a

3.68b

Peelability

4.91c

5.00bc

6.12ab

5.04bc

5.85abc

3.13d

6.38a

Peel elasticity

4.65abc

5.46a

5.46ab

4.22c

5.55a

4.43bc

5.13abc

Segment separability

5.27a

5.61a

5.28a

5.16a

5.42a

3.79b

6.15a

Albedo quantity

5.81a

6.05a

4.66b

5.14b

5.92a

6.15a

6.14a

Interior color

5.06a

4.62abc

5.06a

4.86ab

4.45bc

4.51bc

4.15c

Interior navel size

4.01a

2.83b

1.77c

2.76b

2.93b

1.37c

3.19ab

Intensity A

6.58ab

5.39d

5.71 cd

5.92 cd

6.03bc

6.63ab

6.71a

Lemon/Lime A

2.07ab

1.51c

1.57bc

1.72bc

1.52c

2.31a

2.49a

Chemical A

2.12a

1.31c

1.16c

1.49bc

1.46c

2.07ab

2.17a

Pine A

2.05ab

1.98ab

1.65b

2.35a

1.62b

2.13ab

2.55a

Woody A

0.37b

0.31b

0.32b

0.31b

0.31b

0.29b

0.66a

Sweet

6.94b

6.74bc

7.68a

6.90b

6.31 cd

6.48bc

5.76d

Sour

2.29a

1.00c

1.67b

2.27a

2.52a

1.96ab

1.56bc

Intensity F

6.59ab

5.19 cd

6.96a

6.38ab

5.87bc

5.90bc

4.94d

Orange F

6.60a

5.24c

6.43ab

6.08ab

5.98ab

5.83bc

5.26c

Fruity F

2.28bc

3.06a

2.81ab

2.00c

1.77c

1.91c

1.74c

Juiciness

7.10a

4.74d

6.06bc

6.43ab

5.42 cd

6.19b

4.79d

Fibrousness

4.17c

5.58ab

4.26c

4.05c

5.46b

4.61c

6.25a

  1. Thirteen judges evaluated the seven samples, blinded by three-digit codes, in triplicate, on a 10-point scale - the data was collected using FIZZ software (v2.47B, Biosystèmes, Couternon, France). Samples sharing a letter across a row are not significant (P > 0.05) for that attribute by Fisher’s least significant difference test