Table 1. Sorbitol, glucose, fructose, and sucrose (mg g⁻¹ dry weight) in stem (S), equatorial (E), and calyx (C) tissues of ‘Honeycrisp’ at each harvest date.

Harvest date (2011)	Sorbitol			Glucose			Fructose			Sucrose
	(mg g−1)
	S	E	C	S	E	C	S	E	C	S	E	C
8/16	8.2	10.4	10.3	45.3	29.9	17.3	303.7	293.1	281.9	202.7	196.8	228.3
8/24	8.9	10.1	13.7	57.8	51.6	30.7	274.7	286.0	280.0	215.1	225.8	252.2
8/30	11.9	14.7	15.2	52.0	40.8	34.4	282.1	270.5	272.9	241.9	259.3	272.6
9/06	12.7	15.2	18.7	60.4	42.4	30.5	318.7	285.5	274.1	288.9	292.3	291.0
9/13	11.7	15.0	18.7	61.8	39.9	31.3	282.5	273.1	288.2	279.0	319.6	357.7
9/20	14.6	21.0	22.6	48.4	40.6	33.5	266.9	247.4	253.9	324.4	333.2	350.5
9/23	10.2	12.0	13.4	62.6	51.0	43.3	249.2	236.6	239.2	379.8	397.1	407.3
Overall means	11.2	14.1	16.4	55.0	40.0	31.7	284.6	271.8	271.8	269.7	284.2	305.9
Regression	L*	L*	L*	ns	L*	L**	L*	L**	L*	L***	L***	L***
P values
Date	<0.001			0.051			<0.001			<0.001
Zone	0.002			<0.001			0.071			0.009
Date × zone	0.743			0.908			0.673			0.819

Each mean is the average of five fruits.

ns, *, **, *** = not significant or significant at P<0.05, 0.01, or 0.001, respectively