Table 2.

Fruit and nut set of ‘Butte’ and ‘Padre’ almond flowers after hand pollination at different developmental stages

	Fruit set (%)*		Full nut set (%)†
Flower stage	‘Butte’	‘Padre’	‘Butte’	‘Padre’
Stage 4	27·3a‡	78·9a	27·3a	74·7a
Stage 5	30·5a	74·7a	30·5a	74·7a
Stage 6	45·1a	70·9a	44·2a	67·8a
Stage 7	32·9a	49·0a	29·6a	47·5a

^*Fruit set percentage was calculated as: (number of fruit set)/(number of flowers pollinated) × 100 %.

^†Full nut percentage was calculated as: (number of full nut set)/(number of flowers pollinated) × 100 %.

^‡Means within the same column followed by the same letters are not significantly different at P = 0·05 using Duncan's multiple range test.