Effect of Different Fruit Bags on Fruit Quality of 'Cuiguan' Pear

【Objective】By comparing the quality of 'Cuiguan' pear fruits under five different bag treatments, from which the bag that can improve the appearance quality of fruits and has less impact on the internal quality of the fruits was selected, with an aim to provide a basis for screening of bag types in the production of 'Cuiguan'.【Method】Five different bags were selected for bagging treatments of the 'Cuiguan' pear fruits, taking fruits without bagging as control, and the impacts of five different bagging treatments on the quality of 'Cuiguan' pear fruits were clarified.【Result】The results showed that the effects of five different bagging treatments on the single fruit weight, transverse diameter, longitudinal diameter, fruit shape index, hardness, pericarp L* value, pericarp b* value, soluble solids content, soluble sugar content of 'Cuiguan' pear fruits were relatively small and their coefficients of variation were below 10%. However, bagging could reduce soluble solids content and soluble sugar content by 21.9% and 23.9%, respectively, which had negative effects on the internal quality of the pear fruits. Compared with the control, the chlorophyll content of 'Cuiguan' pear fruit after bagging decreased by 73.6%, and the greenness of the inner part of fruit reduced, leading to a lighter color of the fruit surface; the color difference L* value rose by 20. 6% and it significantly improved the brightness and fineness of the fruit surface, which increased its appearance quality and commercial value. Bagging had an impact on the contents of aroma substances in the pericarp of 'Cuiguan' pears, and the contents of α-farnesene, hexanal and ethyl acetate in the pericarp increased, and the content of 2-hexenal reduced, making the aroma more intense.【Conclusion】The principal component analysis and comprehensive analysis show that, the double-layer paper bag with yellow outside and white inside can increase the pericarp L* value and pericarp a* value 'Cuiguan' pear, further enhance the fineness of the fruit surface, improve the appearance quality of Cuiguan pear fruits, with higher comprehensive ranking, which can enhance the appearance quality of the fruits while minimize the negative impacts of bagging on the internal quality at the same time.