Sweet cherries ( Prunus avium L.) treated with (2-chloroethyl)phosphonic acid (ethephon) to facilitate harvesting, were low in soluble solids in 1972, but not in 1973. Bruising, pitting and torn stem attachments were attributable to picking method rather than ethephon treatment.
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