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Table 2.

Mean (± s.d.) number of long shoots per zone along 1‐year‐old trunks of six apple cultivars

Cultivar Distal zone Median zone Basal zone Total
Reinette 1·9 ± 1·4 3·3 ± 1·7 5·1 ± 3·3 10·7
Belrène 3·5 ± 1·1 4·7 ± 2·6 4·7 ± 2·4 11·8
Gala 1·9 ± 1·2 7·3 ± 3·0 2·7 ± 2·0 11·5
Fuji 3·9 ± 1·9 2·1 ± 1·7 8·8 ± 7·2 14·0
Elstar 3·6 ± 3·0 7·3 ± 3·6 3·4 ± 2·4 14·9
Granny 6·7 ± 2·8 8·1 ± 3·2 0·7 ± 1·6 16·7

Three zones with long shoots were observed: the distal and the basal zones contain proleptic long shoots while the median zone contains sylleptic long shoots.