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Average firmness, total soluble solids (TSS) content and hue of the batch of “Jonagored” apples at harvest (26 September 2016) and the start of the experiment (12 January 2017).
| Side | Firmness (N) | TSS (%) | Hue (°) |
| Harvest | |||
| Shadow | 84 ± 3.6 | 15.4 ± 0.38 | 79 ± 3.5 |
| Sun | 88 ± 1.8 | 16.6 ± 0.31 | |
| Start of experiment | |||
| Shadow | 94 ± 2.7 | 16.5 ± 0.24 | 87 ± 2.6 |
| Sun | 98 ± 2.2 | 17.5 ± 0.23 | |
Errors denote the standard error of the mean (Harvest: n = 20, Start of experiment: n = 15).
