Table 3.
Mean number of flowers per floral bud at different bud positions in 3‐year‐old branching systems of ‘Granny Smith’
| Shoot age | |||
| Branching order | 1‐year‐old | 2‐year‐old | 3‐year‐old |
| Terminal buds | |||
| 1 Long shoots | 4·68 (1·16)b | ||
| 2 Long shoots | 5·00 (0·88)ab | 5·18 (0·89)a | |
| 2. Spurs | 4·08 (0·62)c | 4·58 (0·57)b | |
| 3 Long shoots | 5·11 (0·53)a | ||
| Axillary buds | Distal | Median | Proximal |
| 3·60 (0·91)d | 3·88 (0·96)cd | 3·45 (1·51)d | |
Standard deviations are indicated in brackets.
For values with the same superscript letters no significant difference was obtained between the mean values by a Newman–Keuls test (P < 0·01).