Table I.

Characteristics of the parental lines for the three populations and range of variation in each progeny for ascorbic acid content

Mean values are shown with sd in parentheses.

Accession	Ascorbic Acid	Ascorbic Acid	Fruit Weight	Dry Matter Weight	Progeny Ascorbic Acid Range
	mg/100 g fresh weight	mg/g dry weight	g	%	mg/100 g fresh weight
LA716 (S. pennellii)	70.7 (1.7)	6.8 (0.19)	3	10.4 (0.14)	10.8 (1.32)–27.3 (2.18)
M82 (S. lycopersicum)	13.6 (1.61)	2.42 (0.25)	61 (3.10)	5.60 (0.28)
PI24 (S. habrochaites)	24.93 (2.83)	1.82 (0.31)	2 (0.21)	13.70 (0.58)	8.2 (0.91)–24.7 (2.78)
Ferum (S. lycopersicum)	10.67 (2.60)	1.47 (0.28)	122 (13.2)	7.26 (0.56)
Cervil (S. lycopersicum cv cerasiforme)	23.68 (2.65)	2.24 (0.21)	7 (0.30)	10.59 (0.54)	12.5 (0.33)–29.4 (9.11)
Levovil (S. lycopersicum)	14.01 (1.21)	2.61 (0.13)	125 (6.21)	5.35 (0.28)