Abstract:
This study has been conducted with the purpose of determining some yield and quality properties of Ürgüp Sarısı Plum
(Prunus domestica L.) grown locally in Nev¸sehir’s Ürgüp district. Fruit samples have been acquired from a producer’s
orchard reproduced through bud eye from various natural plantations in Ürgüp district. Trees have been planted with
6m× 6m intervals and are 7 years of age. The study has been conducted during the 2015–2016 period on randomized blocks
experimental design with three recurrences and with five trees per recurrence. Fruit samples have been harvested in August
2016 and immediately transferred in ice boxes to Mersin Erdemli Alata Horticultural Research Institute Laboratories. They
have been kept at 0°C until the time of analysis. Fruit samples have been subjected to analyses such as fruit weight, fruit
width, fruit length, seed weight, yield per tree, pulp hardness, fruit acidity, water soluble dry matter amount, fruit colour
values (L*, a*, b*), antioxidant, total phenol, sugar contents (glucose, fructose, sucrose). Among the genotypes, U1 had the
bulkiest fruit, U7 had the highest yield per tree, U8 had the brightest fruit colour, U3 had the closest colour to red and U8
had the highest tone of yellow. In plum genotypes, U4 had the highest amount of antioxidant, U2 contained the highest total
phenol, vitamin C and fructose and U6 contained the highest glucose and sucrose. U7 has been observed to be noteworthy
in terms of yield, while genotype, biochemical characteristics were noteworthy in U2, U4, U6 genotypes. In conclusion,
considering all parameters reviewed in the study, it has been decided that U7, U6, and U2 genotypes could be promising
under Nev¸sehir conditions.