Specific characteristics of the apple fruit cuticle: Investigation of early and late season cultivars 'Prima' and 'Florina' (Malus domestica Borkh.)

It is hypothesized that compositional differences such as a higher amount of alkanoic acids, primary alkanols and alkanals in the cuticular wax mixture and modifications in the cutin matrix in the late season cultivar 'Florina' compared to early season cultivar 'Prima' represent cultivar-specific patterns in cuticle formation of apple fruits.