## 2 Results and Discussion
### Consumer Evaluation of Celery Samples
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**Sample** & **Comments and Participants Details** \\ \hline \multirow{4}{*}{12} & Very different from any other celery I had before. This is very yummy (IP12). Flavours were balanced and texture and appearance were good and appealing (IP120). It is very good fresh smell (IP63). Would not be pleased if I had bought this Did not finish it (IP3). I was unable to break it in two due to the fibres. It was excessively stringy, and the flavour was too strong too (IP32). It was very stringy. \\ \cline{1-1}  & The aroma and taste was herbal (IP62) \\ \hline \multirow{4}{*}{25} & Had a slight salty taste which I liked (IP117). This one is very juicy (IP65). Good texture and light overall flavour (IP19). Looked very pale. Bland flavour (IP51). Too pale in colour (IP112). I would not buy this because of the colour (IP88). \\ \hline \multirow{4}{*}{22} & Very juicy in texture (IP14). This sample will be a good quality celery that I’m expecting when buying one (IP31). what I would expect from a good celery stick (IP49). No distinct flavour (IP59). Unpleasant after taste (IP110). Really bitter and salty (IP77) \\ \hline \multirow{4}{*}{25x12} & Beautiful sample of celery (IP52). Overall good celery to taste and flavour (IP30). Crunchy and juicy (IP96). Very sweet and aromatic. Too stringy (IP116). Too stringy and rather boring overall (IP28). Too bitter, unpleasant (IP98). \\ \hline \multirow{4}{*}{22x12} & Attractive celery, good cross section, and colour. Good crunch and mouthfeel not as stringy as many (IP09). I enjoyed this one was quite good and not as stringy as some of the other flavour was good and have a nice crunch (IP70). It looks more appealing (IP21). Flavour too strong and too stringy (IP7). This sample is stringy for me. Some fibres are left in mouth (IP40). This one is too stringy and bitter (IP75). \\ \hline \multirow{4}{*}{12x22} & Very strong aroma and flavour. Texture and lack of strings was good. Nice colour (IP11). Really liked this sample, tastes of what celery to me should taste like (IP28). Good texture and flavour. My favourite (IP122). The intense taste bothered me. It tasted bitter at the first bite (IP83). Tasted very chemical-like (IP44). Very bitter aftertaste (IP36). \\ \hline \hline \end{tabular}
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Table 8: Examples of participants’ comments (three positive and three negative comments) relating to the celery samples used in this study. Overall, there was no hybrid that was significantly preferred by the consumer with all hybrids scoring between 2.0 and 2.1 (Table 4). Both 25x12 and 22x12 were scored in a similar manner in preference ranking (Table 4) as well as in sensory analysis; however, upon combining the data collected from liking (Table 4), attribute ranking (Table 5), cluster analysis (Table 6) and JAR (Table 7), with further developing, 25x12 holds the potential to be a new hybrid that matches most of the consumers' desire. Expressing characteristics including a crunchy and moist mouthfeel, low stringiness and an odour and flavour that was not scored too highly by the panel (Tables 1 and 2, Figures 1 and 2). Contrastingly, hybrid 12x22 expressed high abundance of volatile compounds (Table 1) and was scored accordingly by the panel, with strong associations to fresh parsley flavour (Figures 2 and 3). The maternal inheritance was clear in both 12x22 and 25x12, with the characteristics of both female parents displayed within the hybrids. This was less apparent in hybrid 22x12, whereby the possibility of these genotypes being closely related causes difficulties with matching parental characteristics. The overall liking score for genotype 12 was the lowest (Table 4), possibly due to the sample expressing a stringy and dry mouthfeel attributes yet high scoring flavour attributes such as soapy, fresh parsley and grass (Table 2). This genotype was also scored as the most bitter and least sweet.