Table 4.
Three-season average fruit quality of 19 late-season sweet oranges produced in Guairaçá, state of Paraná, Brazil, from 2019 to 2021.
| Sweet orange selection | Fruit length FL (mm) | Fruit diameter FD (mm) | Fruit shape (FL.FD−1) | Fruit weight (g) | Number of seeds | Peel color (CCI) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whit’s Late Valencia | 78.9 a1 | 78.5 b | 1.00 c | 240 a | 3 b | 1.34 a |
| Cutter Valencia | 77.8 b | 78.5 b | 0.99 c | 222 b | 3 b | 0.10 a |
| Berry Valencia | 76.8 b | 76.2 b | 1.01 c | 211 b | 3 b | 0.89 a |
| Frost Valencia | 79.7 a | 79.3 b | 1.00 c | 231 a | 2 c | 0.90 a |
| Valencia Mutação | 77.2 b | 77.7 b | 0.99 c | 214 b | 3 b | 1.27 a |
| Valencia IAC | 76.6 b | 77.5 b | 0.99 c | 217 b | 4 b | 0.07 a |
| Olinda Valencia | 80.2 a | 77.1 b | 1.04 b | 212 b | 1 d | 0.81 a |
| Chafeei Late Valencia | 79.6 a | 79.6 b | 1.00 c | 216 b | 4 b | 0.15 a |
| Campbell 479 Valencia | 75.5 b | 76.6 b | 0.99 c | 209 b | 5 a | 0.78 a |
| Campbell 294 Valencia | 75.8 b | 78.3 b | 0.97 c | 216 b | 4 b | 0.01 a |
| Valencia Late 161 | 76.9 b | 77.6 b | 0.99 c | 233 a | 1 d | 0.71 a |
| Valencia Late Fla. | 78.7 a | 77.9 b | 1.01 c | 211 b | 4 b | 0.91 a |
| Valencia #121 | 80.2 a | 81.5 a | 0.98 c | 251 a | 3 b | 0.09 a |
| Charmute de Brotas | 76.7 b | 76.2 b | 1.01 c | 226 a | 1 d | −0.04 a |
| Natal África do Sul | 75.0 b | 75.6 b | 0.99 c | 197 b | 4 b | −0.53 b |
| Natal IAC | 76.6 b | 76.2 b | 1.00 c | 205 b | 2 c | 0.19 a |
| Natal Murcha | 75.9 b | 78.1 b | 0.97 c | 219 b | 3 b | −1.76 b |
| Folha Murcha IAC | 81.9 a | 75.8 b | 1.08 a | 214 b | 3 b | −1.76 b |
| IPR Folha Murcha | 76.2 b | 76.9 b | 0.99 c | 209 b | 2 c | 0.48 a |
| CV (%) | 2.10 | 2.23 | 1.50 | 5.13 | 21.29 | 14.97 |
| F value | 4.11*** | 2.17* | 8.12*** | 3.96*** | 9.42*** | 3.65*** |
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Means followed by the same letter in the column belong to the same group according to the Scott-Knott’s test. Significance level: *p ≤ 0.05; ***p ≤ 0.001.