Table 3.

Russeting of peripheral (exposed) or central (shaded) ‘Apple’ mango fruit in the canopy at three different sites. The sites were selected because they differ in elevation. Russeting was quantified using a five-score rating scheme. Score 0: 0% of the fruit surface area russeted; score 1: 1–10% russeted area; score 2: 11–25% russeted area; score 3: 26–50% russeted area; and score 4: 51–100% russeted area.

Site	Russeting (Rating Score)
	Exposed Fruits	Shaded Fruits	Mean Fruit Position
Kaiti	3.7 ± 0.0	3.7 ± 0.0	3.7 ± 0.0 a z
Mumbuni	2.3 ± 0.1	2.5 ± 0.1	2.4 ± 0.1 b
Yeemulwa	2.0 ± 0.1	1.8 ± 0.1	1.9 ± 0.1 c
Mean Site	2.7 ± 0.1 a	2.7 ± 0.1 a

^z Main effect of site was significant but neither fruit position nor interaction was significant by analysis of variance at p ≤ 0.05. Mean separation according to the Tukey studentised range test, p ≤ 0.05. The number of replicates was 200.