PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for ripening an apricot fruit after picked to be completely red without falling the apricot fruit such as Tsuyuakane, new Japanese apricot, cultivated on an open field.SOLUTION: The method for reddening the apricot fruit ripens the apricot fruit after picked, whose fruit firmness is 0.6 kg and more and 2.0 kg and less under such circumstance that the ethylene level is 2 mL/L or more, the temperature is 12°C and more and 28°C and less, the humidity is 60% or more and 100% and less for 4 days or more.COPYRIGHT: (C)2013,JPO&INPIT【課題】露地で栽培した露茜等の梅類果実を落果することなく、かつ完全に赤くなるまで追熟させる方法を提供する。【解決手段】この発明の梅類果実の赤化方法は、果実硬度が0.6kg以上、2.0kg以下の梅類果実を、エチレン濃度が2mL/L以上、温度が12℃以上、28℃以下、湿度が60%以上、100%以下の環境で、4日以上追熟する。【選択図】なし
