Table 3.

Frequency of fracture in different regions of specimens excised from apple (‘Karmijn de Sonnaville’) and pear (‘Conference’) fruit surfaces. The specimens selected had a transition zone between the russeted portion with a PM and a non-russeted portion with a CM. Following enzymatic isolation, the specimens were subjected to uniaxial tensile tests, the position of failure (CM vs. CM/PM vs. PM) was noted, and the failure frequency (%) was calculated.

Species	State	n	Failure frequency (%)
			CM	CM/PM	PM
Apple	Dry	27	14.8	51.9	33.3
	Hydrated	20	15.0	50.0	35.0
Pear	Dry	20	65.0	35.0	0
	Hydrated	17	82.4	11.8	5.9