Sep 10, 2015 13:41
8 yrs ago
French term

échaudure de prématurité

French to English Science Agriculture
Symptômes de l’échaudure de prématurité
L’échaudure de prématurité se traduit par un brunissement superficiel des fruits qui s’accentue à température ambiante.
La chair des fruits n’est pas atteinte.
Cette maladie physiologique est due à l’oxydation de l’α-farnésène (composé naturel du fruit) suite à une cueillette trop précoce.
Proposed translations (English)
3 +1 scald of fruit picked prematurely

Proposed translations

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scald of fruit picked prematurely

scald is give by the Haansch/Haberkamp dictionary of Agriculture a.
and given as the translation for brunissement de la peau.
feel premature alone might not be understood correctly, hence the development

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Note added at 53 mins (2015-09-10 14:35:32 GMT)
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Text in a site
Publication: When to Harvest Fruits and Vegetables
www.ianrpubs.unl.edu/pages/publicationD.jsp?...

If picked prematurely, the fruit is likely to be sour, tough, small, and poorly colored; if picked overripe, it may develop internal breakdown and store poorly.

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Note added at 3 hrs (2015-09-10 16:42:54 GMT)
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I had an afterthought and searched for scald due to premature picking.
I did several searches and did not go far with prematue. What is mostly used is early as in the following [which is not the only one of course]

Apple Scald, a Complex Problem


postharvest.tfrec.wsu.edu/pages/N6I2C
Scald is a term loosely applied to a group of skin disorders of apples and pears. ... fruit injury also may cause skin damage similar to one of these forms of scald. ... be much more concerned about scald on early-picked than on late picked fruit

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Peer comment(s):

agree Frogologue : Bourke's Dicts of Agriculture and Horticulture both (understandably) give échaudure = scald
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