Determination of the Maturity Stage and Most Proper Age for Harvesting the Fruit of Cherry Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum var. cerasiforme)

This study was carried out on the hybrid F1 "Katalina 522" which belongs to cherry tomato (Solanum lycopersicum var. cerasiforme) during the two seasons of 2018-2019 and 2019-2020 at a farm located in Zawyet Razeen village, Menoufia Governorate. The first step began with the labeling of flowers on the clusters starting at the full bloom to have nine fruit ages, namely 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40…