YIELD AND ACCEPTABILITY TRIAL OF MIX FRUIT JAMS FROM GOLA PEAR
Astuti Verma and Archana Kushwaha
Abstract
High seasonal production of Gola variety of pear (Pyrus pyrifolia cv. Gola) fruit in Uttarakhand hills has to be considered as an opportunity for its utilization. Mix fruit jams were prepared from Gola pear with different fruits (apple, peach, plum and mango). Four combinations were made by mixing fruits in the ratio of 50:50 viz. T1 (pear + apple), T2 (pear + peach), T3 (pear + plum) and T4 (pear + mango); whereas in fifth combination, T5 (apple + peach + mango + plum + pear), 20 % of each fruit was taken. Fruit jams were prepared by standard method and subjected to organoleptic evaluation by preference ranking test to find out most acceptable mix fruit jam. T5 was most acceptable followed by T4, T1, T3 and T2. Jam recovery was highest in case of T5 and least for T2.
Keywords: Gola variety, pear, jam, yield, acceptability