A Hedonic Analysis of Apple Prices and Product Quality Characteristics in British Columbia

Carew, Richard

doi:10.1111/j.1744-7976.2000.tb00278.x

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“…Speciality cultivars such as Royal Gala, Fuji, and Braeburn earned a price premium of $2.25-$2.50 per tray over McIntosh. These price premiums are similar in magnitude for hedonic results reported by Carew (2000) for wholesale apple markets in British Columbia. Speciality cultivars are noted for their juiciness and flavour, and consequently consumers are willing to pay a higher price for them.…”

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“…Several studies have employed hedonic price analysis to estimate specific quality characteristics of agricultural (Parker 1993;Oczkowski 1994;Wahl et al 1995;Chen et al 1997) and fish products (McConnell and Strand 2000;Carroll et al 2001). The importance of product quality characteristics (cultivar, grade, size) in determining fresh apple pricing was reported by Carew (2000) for BC, by Kajikawa (1998) for Japan, and by Tronstad et al (1992) for the United States, while Harper and Greene (1993) examined production-related quality attributes (scab, bitter pit, insect damage) for the processed apple market in Pennsylvania.…”

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The value of apple characteristics to wholesalers in western Canada: A hedonic approach

Carew¹,

Smith²

2004

Can. J. Plant Sci.

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The value of apple characteristics to wholesalers in western Canada: A Hedonic approach. Can. J. Plant Sci. 84: 829-835. Sensory methods have been used to evaluate subjective apple characteristics such as juiciness, flavour, and texture. There is very little information to indicate the value wholesalers place on objective apple characteristics such as cultivar, grade, and fruit size. In this study, a hedonic price function for apples was estimated to evaluate the relationship between British Columbia (BC) apple (Malus domestica Borkh.) prices and the wholesalers' perception of product quality characteristics. In this study, sales data and cultivar characteristics were obtained for three large wholesalers in western Canada that purchase BC fruit. Cultivar, fruit size, and grade were the most significant variables influencing apple prices. Wholesalers paid price premiums ($2.25 to $5.25 per tray) for speciality cultivars such as Gala, Fuji and Braeburn compared with traditional cultivars such as McIntosh, Red Delicious and Spartan. Large fruit size earned a price premium ($1.73 per tray) and small fruit were discounted ($2.00 per tray) compared with medium size apples. Apples graded Canada Extra Fancy (One Stripe) and BC Extra Fancy provided packing houses with price premiums ($1.50) over Canada Fancy. Apples in controlled-atmosphere (CA) storage earned price premiums ($0.96 to $1.89 per tray) in the months of January through June.Key words: Apple characteristics, wholesalers' preference, hedonic price function.Carew, R. et Smith, E. G. 2004. Valeur des paramètres de la pomme pour les grossistes de l'Ouest canadien : une approche hédoniste. Can. J. Plant Sci. 84: 829-835. On a déjà recouru aux méthodes organoleptiques pour évaluer les qualités subjectives des pommes comme la jutosité, la saveur et la texture. Toutefois, on possède très peu d'information sur l'intérêt que les grossistes portent à des paramètres objectifs tels le cultivar, la classe et le calibre. Les auteurs se sont servis d'une fonction hédoniste pour évaluer la relation entre le prix des pommes (Malus domestica Borkh.) de la Colombie-Britannique et la qualité du produit telle que la perçoivent les grossistes. Les chiffres de vente et les caractéristiques du cultivar émanent de trois importants grossistes de l'Ouest qui achètent leurs pommes en Colombie-Britannique. Le cultivar, le calibre des fruits et la classe sont les principales variables influant sur le prix. Les grossistes paient 2,25 $ à 5,25 $ de plus par plateau pour des cultivars spéciaux tels Gala, Fuji et Braeburn que pour les variétés classiques comme McIntosh, Délicieuse rouge et Spartan. Les fruits de gros calibre se paient plus cher (1,73 $ par plateau) mais les plus petits coûtent moins (2,00 $ par plateau) que les fruits de calibre moyen. Les emballeurs versent 1,50 $ de plus pour des pommes classées Canada Extra de fantaisie (une bande) ou BC Extra Fancy au lieu de fruits Canada de fantaisie. Les pommes gardées sous atmosphère contrôlée coûtent de 0,96 $ à 1,89 $ de plus par pl...

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The value of apple characteristics to wholesalers in western Canada: A hedonic approach

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Smith²

2004

Can. J. Plant Sci.

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“…Several previous studies have found the important quality attributes of apple any preliminary analysis [Carew (2000), Huang & Lin (2007), Carew et al (2012), Schollenberg (2012), Gurung, 2013)]. …”

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The Important Attributes of Local and Imported Apple : A Factor Analysis Application

Relawati

Masyhuri

Waluyati

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This study aims to fi nd the important attributes of local and imported apple. A consumer survey was conducted in Java Island representated by four big cities: Malang, Surabaya, Yogyakarta, and Bandung. Three categories of purchasing place at each city are supermarket, fruit stall and traditional market. Accidental sampling was done to choose the samples of consumer. The total respondents interviewed was 240 consumers consisting of 120 for each attribute. The data of apple attributes and purchasing place were analyzed by exploratory factor analysis supported by SPSS software. The result suggests that the important quality attributes of local and imported apples are grouped in each two latent factors namely quality and cultivar. Meanwhile, purchasing place is grouped in one latent factor. All quality attributes of local and imported apples have positive correlation with the apple quality, but there is a different fi nding in which apple fl avor of local and imported apples are not the most important attribute that ranked fi rst based on consumer assessment. The factor of apple cultivar always associates with the apple size, both on local and imported apples. Rome Beauty (local apple) and Fuji (imported apple) have greater average size than other cultivars. Thus, these attributes are already attached one another. The factor of purchasing place becomes an important part which accompanies the apple's quality attributes and is considered by consumers in purchasing apple. Keywords: factor analysis, imported apple, local appl, quality attribute INTISARI

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“…External appearance factors such as shape, color, and smell provide first impressions about products to consumers which may attract them to try or buy products, while internal attributes such as flavor and texture may influence consumers to purchase those products again. External attributes such as size, grade, cosmetic defects, and storage played a key role in price determination and product demand (Carew, 2000;Kim & House, 2012;Tronstad, Huthoefer, & Monke, 1992). On the other hand, eating-quality factors (internal food attributes) such as crispness, sweetness, acidity, and juiciness considerably influence whether consumers will repeat fruit purchases (McCluskey, Mittelhammer, Marin, & Wright, 2007).…”

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Sensory and Hedonic Evaluation in Response to Food-Cue Exposure: The Case of Juicing Demonstration of Fresh Oranges

Kim¹,

House²,

Odabasi³

et al. 2015

IJMS

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This study evaluated whether observing the orange squeezing (juicing) process can influence consumers' sensory evaluations and hedonics of different forms of orange juice. The juicing process delivers cognitive (freshness) and physical (olfactory/visual) food cues. Three forms of orange juice were used in the experiment: fresh squeezed, not-from-concentrate, and from-concentrate. Participants were divided into two groups, with only one group observing the juicing process using a specially designed table-top juicer. Sensory evaluations of participants who did not observe the juicing process were not significantly different with the exception of color. The demonstration of the juicing process primed consumers to identify and evaluate fresh squeezed orange juice in terms of color, aroma, flavor, sweetness, and acidity. The results of an ordered logistic model indicated that consumer acceptance of orange juice was significantly linked to internal attributes such as flavor, sweetness, acidity, and pulp, and the acceptances were not significantly different by juice forms. This implied that food cues from the juicing process can affect human sensory evaluation of the cued food, but the food cues may not overwhelm, in particular when attributes of alternatives are almost homogeneous.

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A Hedonic Analysis of Apple Prices and Product Quality Characteristics in British Columbia

Cited by 34 publications

References 23 publications

The value of apple characteristics to wholesalers in western Canada: A hedonic approach

The value of apple characteristics to wholesalers in western Canada: A hedonic approach

The Important Attributes of Local and Imported Apple : A Factor Analysis Application

Sensory and Hedonic Evaluation in Response to Food-Cue Exposure: The Case of Juicing Demonstration of Fresh Oranges

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