Some physico-chemical properties of ten pomegranate accessions collected from
different districts in the Kurdistan region of Iraq were investigated in
this paper. Considerable correlations between the characteristics studied
were found and valuable pomological traits were observed. Cluster analysis
showed the homonyms between some pomegranate accessions. Principle component
analysis reported that the component describing the greatest variability
also positively correlated with fruit weight, total aril weight, total peel
weight, volume of juice, total soluble solids (TSS), fruit length, fruit
diameter, pH, aril length, and 100-seed fresh weight, but negatively
correlated with titratable acidity (TA). Fruit weight was firmly correlated
with total aril weight, total peel weight, volume of juice, TSS, aril
length, 100-seed fresh weight, fruit length and fruit diameter. The volume
of juice was correlated with TSS, aril length, 100-seed fresh weight, fruit
length, fruit diameter and it was observed that with an increase in the
fruit size, the volume of juice increased as well. The correlation between
total phenolic compounds and antioxidant capacity was not observed. The
associations found among physical and chemical traits suggest that consumers
should use large fruits with large arils so that they have more juice. Thus,
?Choman?, ?Raniyeh? and ?Halabja? were juicier than other accessions.