Table-4.
Effect of the growing season and cultivars on the fruit firmness, fruit seeds and fruit shape characteristics.
| C.No. | Cultivars (C) | Fruit firmness (kg/cm2) |
Seeds per fruit (No.) |
Fruit shape |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 2018 | 2017 | 2018 | 2017/2018 | ||
| 1 | Adam's Pearmain | 8.06 ± 0.63b | 7.87 ± 0.47b | 7.33 ± 0.50e | 7.60 ± 0.51h | Conic |
| 2 | Allington Pippin | 6.12 ± 0.55f | 7.90 ± 0.51b | 8.27 ± 0.48ab | 8.58 ± 0.49b | Globose |
| 3 | Baleman's Cider | 6.60 ± 0.47e | 7.79 ± 0.63b | 7.88 ± 0.49c | 8.21 ± 0.52de | Globose |
| 4 | Fuji Zehn Aztec | 7.07 ± 0.48d | 7.26 ± 0.47d | 7.93 ± 0.47c | 8.06 ± 0.47f | Globose |
| 5 | Mollie's Delicious | 6.61 ± 0.54e | 6.33 ± 0.67e | 8.34 ± 0.55a | 8.71 ± 0.57a | Conic |
| 6 | Red Gold | 7.15 ± 0.65d | 7.45 ± 0.48cd | 7.97 ± 0.49c | 8.17 ± 0.49ef | Obloid |
| 7 | Red Velox | 7.49 ± 0.52c | 7.96 ± 0.47b | 7.39 ± 0.52e | 7.58 ± 0.53h | Globose |
| 8 | Shalimar Apple-2 | 8.70 ± 0.58a | 7.70 ± 0.49bc | 7.66 ± 0.54d | 7.84 ± 0.55g | Conic |
| 9 | Shireen | 8.26 ± 0.50b | 7.82 ± 0.51b | 7.72 ± 0.50d | 7.83 ± 0.58g | Conic |
| 10 | Silver Spur | 7.55 ± 0.51c | 7.27 ± 0.81d | 7.36 ± 0.56e | 7.73 ± 0.49g | Globose |
| 11 | Starkrimson | 7.64 ± 0.55c | 7.86 ± 0.47b | 7.11 ± 0.47f | 7.42 ± 0.59i | Cylindrical waisted |
| 12 | Top Red | 8.11 ± 0.53b | 10.59 ± 0.58a | 8.16 ± 0.48b | 8.35 ± 0.56c | Conic |
| 13 | Vance Delicious | 8.76 ± 0.58a | 7.92 ± 0.61b | 7.95 ± 0.51c | 8.31 ± 0.54cd | Cylindrical waisted |
| Mean | 7.55 | 7.82 | 7.77 | 8.03 | ||
| SE(m) | ±0.01 | ±0.01 | ±0.04 | ±0.09 | ||
Means in columns followed by different letters are significantly different at p ≤ 0.05 based on Tukey's multiple range test.