Table 1.

Cell changes in four cucumber varieties during early fruit development

	Cell number	Cell area
Change rules	Increase between –2 DAA and 3 DAA	Increase between 5 DAA and 16 DAA
Difference in four varieties	A ≈ B >> C ≈ D	B > A ≈ D >> C

A represents ‘9930’; B represents ‘Zhong Nong 27’; C represents ‘1972 B-2’; and D represents ‘National Pickle’.