Table 3.

Mean number of long shoots, brindles and spurs per tree (n = 2), according to branching order, on ‘Fuji’ and ‘Braeburn’ apple trees

		Branching order							χ2 test
Axis type	Cultivar	1	2	3	4	5	6	Total	(p)
Long shoots	‘Braeburn’	1	20	38·5	12·5			72
	‘Fuji’	1	17	30	15	3		66	0·845
Brindles	‘Braeburn’	0	18	102	97·5	33	3·5	254
	‘Fuji’	0	16	78	153	110	35·5	394	<0·001
Spurs	‘Braeburn’	0	52	570	963	616	117	2321
	‘Fuji’	0	30	447	542	387	89·5	1500	0·002
Total	‘Braeburn’	1	90	710	1073	649	120	2646
	‘Fuji’	1	63	555	710	500	125	1959