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cooling and storage mixed loads cautions storage disorders harvesting and handling pineapples are graded by degree of skin coloration, size (weight), absence of defects and disease, and uniformity of these characteristics before packing. other characteristics include maturity, firmness, nice shape, flat eyes
, well-cured broken stem (peduncle), and a minimum ssc of %. crown size is a crucial grade component, with a minimum size, and ratio of crown: fruit length ( to ) for higher grades. pineapple fruit must have a desirable size and shape, with flat 'eyes' (individual fruitlets) and crown leaves that look...
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