. 2023 Jun 17;9(6):e17260. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e17260

Table-2.

Effect of the growing season and cultivars on the fruits per cluster, commercial maturity date and fruit colour characteristics.

C.No.	Cultivars (C)	Fruits per cluster (No.)		Commercial maturity date		Fruit colour (h°)
C.No.	Cultivars (C)	2017	2018	2017	2018	2017	2018
1	Adam's Pearmain	1.63 ± 0.15^gh	1.72 ± 0.11^f	28-Sep	29-Sep	65.40 ± 4.28^a	56.53 ± 1.35^a
2	Allington Pippin	2.36 ± 0.12^d	1.81 ± 0.12^ef	16-Aug	19-Aug	53.52 ± 5.74^d	25.08 ± 1.45ⁱ
3	Baleman's Cider	3.16 ± 0.13^a	2.84 ± 0.27^b	30-Aug	26-Aug	51.39 ± 6.60^e	35.28 ± 1.95^d
4	Fuji Zehn Aztec	2.73 ± 0.14^c	3.08 ± 0.15^a	02-Oct	05-Oct	34.26 ± 1.76^h	24.02 ± 1.07^j
5	Mollie's Delicious	1.99 ± 0.16^e	1.93 ± 0.11^de	05-Aug	08-Aug	29.06 ± 1.75^ij	39.92 ± 1.22^c
6	Red Gold	2.99 ± 0.25^b	2.95 ± 0.41^b	12-Aug	17-Aug	30.63 ± 4.19ⁱ	33.33 ± 3.24^f
7	Red Velox	1.71 ± 0.22^g	1.79 ± 0.12^f	10-Sep	15-Sep	25.47 ± 3.76^k	18.94 ± 2.56^k
8	Shalimar Apple-2	1.34 ± 0.29^j	1.70 ± 0.13^f	19-Aug	16-Aug	44.28 ± 3.93^f	43.41 ± 1.56^b
9	Shireen	1.85 ± 0.30^f	2.23 ± 0.14^c	11-Sep	15-Sep	37.54 ± 3.34^g	33.95 ± 3.17^e
10	Silver Spur	1.96 ± 0.25^ef	2.18 ± 0.18^c	03-Sep	03-Sep	56.99 ± 4.09^c	25.15 ± 2.54ⁱ
11	Starkrimson	1.92 ± 0.36^ef	2.89 ± 0.57^b	26-Aug	27-Aug	27.06 ± 3.67^jk	24.14 ± 2.05^j
12	Top Red	1.51 ± 0.40^hi	1.96 ± 0.43^d	07-Sep	08-Sep	29.40 ± 1.73ⁱ	32.44 ± 1.73^g
13	Vance Delicious	1.43 ± 0.49^ij	1.75 ± 0.11^f	19-Sep	11-Sep	60.21 ± 1.74^b	29.27 ± 1.75^h
Mean		2.05	2.21			41.94	32.42
SE(m)		±0.02	±0.05			±0.02	±0.04

Means in columns followed by different letters are significantly different at p ≤ 0.05 based on Tukey's multiple range test.