Studies on citrus table fruits still has little expression in the country. This study aimed to analyze the morphological and the physical, physico-chemical and chemical characteristics of plants and fruits of 15 varieties of oranges, courtesy of the National Research Center for Cassava and Fruit (Embrapa - CNPMF), and planted at the Experimental Station of the Agronomic Institute of Pernambuco, Brejão-PE. It was evaluated: stem diameter above and below the graft and the relationship between them, crown diameter, plant height and canopy volume. In fruits evaluations consisted of: format, epicarp color, fruit weight and height, juice weight, , fruit diameter, thickness of mesocarp and endocarp, number of seeds per fruit and juice yield. The experimental design was randomized blocks with four replications and one plant per plot. For the qualitative aspect of the fruits it was used the same design, they were evaluated by 12 descriptors. Only six of the studied varieties of oranges are within the requirements of the Brazilian Program for the Modernization of Horticulture and five varieties of oranges showed different maturation from those described in the literature
collection; development; analysis physical chemistry
