How well do fruit from highly irrigated trees perform post-harvest?

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Consistent results over two seasons have shown that cherry fruit from trees under high irrigation volumes were bigger and showed significantly reduced cracking levels compared to fruit from trees under lower volumes. This has a two-fold effect in that yield is both increased and improved. However, there was no difference in calcium levels in fruit from high and low-irrigated trees. So - at harvest, the quality of fruit from trees without any water stress was higher, but given they contained no extra calcium questions were asked; Did fruit from highly irrigated trees perform any better or worse during storage than fruit from trees with less irrigation? Was the increased size purely a function of water content that would result in a faster decline in quality post-harvest?

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