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

Table-6.

Effect of the growing season and cultivars on the TSS, acidity and total sugars characteristics.

C.No.	Cultivars (C)	TSS (°Brix)		Acidity (%)		Total sugars (%)
C.No.	Cultivars (C)	2017	2018	2017	2018	2017	2018
1	Adam's Pearmain	12.32 ± 0.58^h	12.78 ± 0.47^g	0.25 ± 0.06^e	0.23 ± 0.04^d	10.25 ± 0.61^e	9.93 ± 0.48^f
2	Allington Pippin	16.13 ± 0.61^a	13.85 ± 0.53^c	0.36 ± 0.08^bcde	0.40 ± 0.03^ab	9.85 ± 0.68^f	10.23 ± 0.68^e
3	Baleman's Cider	14.16 ± 0.57^c	13.98 ± 0.56^b	0.63 ± 0.09^a	0.52 ± 0.04^a	9.82 ± 0.71^f	10.33 ± 0.65^e
4	Fuji Zehn Aztec	13.18 ± 0.62^e	12.42 ± 0.60^h	0.29 ± 0.02^cde	0.27 ± 0.02^cd	10.4 ± 0.75^e	9.87 ± 0.75^f
5	Mollie's Delicious	12.93 ± 0.58^f	13.76 ± 0.47^c	0.35 ± 0.03^bcde	0.33 ± 0.03^bcd	11.33 ± 0.65^a	11.06 ± 0.71^cd
6	Red Gold	13.42 ± 0.59^d	16.73 ± 0.48^a	0.27 ± 0.01^cde	0.29 ± 0.04^bcd	11.05 ± 0.58^b	11.4 ± 0.60^a
7	Red Velox	15.95 ± 0.61^b	13.86 ± 0.47^bc	0.39 ± 0.02^bc	0.36 ± 0.03^bc	10.71 ± 0.56^d	11.17 ± 0.53^c
8	Shalimar Apple-2	13.19 ± 0.63^e	12.34 ± 0.48^h	0.38 ± 0.03^bcd	0.40 ± 0.02^ab	10.73 ± 0.69^cd	10.91 ± 0.66^d
9	Shireen	14.23 ± 0.64^c	13.83 ± 0.60^c	0.26 ± 0.02^de	0.28 ± 0.05^bcd	11.32 ± 0.54^a	11.09 ± 0.89^c
10	Silver Spur	12.57 ± 0.82^g	13.11 ± 0.47^e	0.28 ± 0.04^cde	0.31 ± 0.04^bcd	10.97 ± 0.56^b	11.23 ± 0.79^abc
11	Starkrimson	14.15 ± 0.58^c	12.97 ± 0.58^f	0.42 ± 0.02^b	0.38 ± 0.03^bc	10.9b ± 0.72^c	11.19 ± 0.71^bc
12	Top Red	13.43 ± 0.82^d	10.78 ± 0.61ⁱ	0.32 ± 0.03^bcde	0.35 ± 0.04^bcd	11.02 ± 0.67^b	9.78 ± 0.65^f
13	Vance Delicious	12.30 ± 0.58^h	13.36 ± 0.65^d	0.29 ± 0.02^cde	0.28 ± 0.03^bcd	11.3 ± 0.64^a	11.35 ± 0.63^ab
Mean		13.69	13.37	0.35	0.34	10.74	10.73
SE(m)		±0.01	±0.02	±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.