Table 1.

Descriptive analysis of sugar content (g/kg dw) in Norwegian apple samples from the NIBIO Ullensvang area (no. 1–74) and from Njøs (no. 75–103) during 2-year harvesting.

Norwegian area	NIBIO Ullensvang area				Njøs
Parameter	Min	Max	Mean	SD	Min	Max	Mean	SD
Sorbitol	9.53	82.53	42.81	17.22	7.56	61.17	20.21	13.39
Trehalose	0.29	41.40	9.55	9.39	0.31	22.96	3.15	5.02
Arabinose	0.26	18.05	4.50	4.99	0.14	11.34	1.67	2.52
Glucose	153.10	256.93	201.16	23.45	137.76	225.60	180.18	17.88
Fructose	208.77	313.47	260.42	27.23	161.82	240.86	200.31	18.71
Sucrose	83.49	297.35	193.14	36.25	126.90	210.19	148.75	17.32
Turanose	1.68	38.64	20.06	6.82	1.70	36.10	15.03	9.42
Glycerol	1.66	32.75	8.57	6.68	0.97	44.22	4.36	8.44
Galactitol	1.21	12.22	4.89	2.83	1.22	7.99	2.81	1.46
Galactose	0.34	25.63	7.25	4.46	0.87	11.98	4.15	3.13
Ribose	1.99	34.06	11.39	7.31	1.69	21.65	6.60	4.85
Isomaltose	1.32	12.33	5.68	2.82	0.78	13.01	2.87	3.03
Isomaltotriose	0.51	5.71	2.08	1.27	0.52	5.15	1.12	0.88
Maltose	0.48	10.99	3.97	2.79	0.37	7.05	1.94	1.48
Maltotriose	0.84	5.46	1.97	1.13	0.59	3.56	1.23	0.69
Mannitol	0.12	15.07	4.05	3.86	0.11	8.78	2.64	1.85
Xylose	0.30	17.20	6.10	4.09	0.38	11.61	4.97	2.64
Melibiose	0.30	18.07	6.53	4.08	0.52	11.84	2.57	2.89
Panose	0.22	7.83	2.45	1.81	0.24	5.14	0.82	1.08
Rhamnose	0.26	12.45	2.87	2.51	0.73	5.89	2.44	1.39
Raffinose	0.61	16.25	3.84	2.74	1.28	10.56	3.52	3.19
Stachyose	0.47	4.86	1.53	0.95	0.51	3.45	1.08	0.65
Sum of sugars	593.01	848.06	744.54	54.86	522.08	792.56	582.42	56.07
Sum of sugar alcohols	20.55	105.18	60.33	21.16	14.03	110.63	30.01	20.57