Table 1.

Classification of ‘Fuji’ and ‘Gala’ apples from Loss Plateau and Bohai Bay regions by LDA.

		Gala–LP	Gala–BB	Fuji–LP	Fuji–BB	Rate of classification (%)
Original	Gala–LP	48	2	1	0	94.1
	Gala–BB	1	25	0	0	96.2
	Fuji–LP	0	0	88	4	95.7
	Fuji–BB	0	0	1	84	98.8
	Total					96.5
Cross–validated	Gala–LP	47	3	1	0	92.2
	Gala–BB	2	24	0	0	92.3
	Fuji–LP	0	0	84	8	91.3
	Fuji–BB	0	0	4	81	95.3
	Total					92.9

LDA: Linear discriminant analysis model; Gala–LP: ‘Gala’ apples grown in Loss Plateau region; Gala–BB: ‘Gala’ apples grown in Bohai Bay region; Fuji–LP: ‘Fuji’ apples grown in Loss Plateau region; Fuji–BB: ‘Fuji’ apples grown in Bohai Bay region.