Some Important Fruit Characteristics of Apricot (cv. Aprikoz) Accessions Grown in Kagizman District in Turkey

With their rich nutrients, fantastic flavor and taste, excellent medicinal value and health

care functions, apricot has been continuously well received by consumers as important horticultural

crop. The fruit has a great market value as fresh and dried food commodity and has the highest market

share of agricultural income. Aprikoz an important apricot cultivar in particularly grown in western part

of Aras valley located in Eastern Anatolia in Turkey. With long growing period, different types of

Aprikoz cultivar has been shown in field in terms of tree and fruit characteristics. This study aimed to

determine of some important fruit characteristic of eight accession of Aprikoz cultivar grown in

Kagizman district located in western part of Aras valley. The accessions were compared each other in

terms of fruit weight, flesh/seed ratio, soluble solid content, titratable acidity, total antioxidant capacity

and total phenolic content. The results revealed that accessions statistically highly differed from each

other for all of the searched parameters. The accessions exhibited fruit weight, fruit flesh/seed ratio,

soluble solid content and titratable acidity between 36.55 - 48.22 g, 8.67 - 13.33, 19.12 - 22.83% and

1.27 - 2.02%, respectively. Total antioxidant capacity varied from 4.17 to 6.37 mmol AA l-1 based on

FRAP assay. The total phenolic contents ranged between 255 - 356 mg GAE l-1. The results can be the

basis for the selection of suitable accessions for future breeding activities in apricot.