Table 3.
Descriptive analysis of content of nutrients (mg/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 |
| Al | 5.65 | 210.75 | 51.97 | 42.41 | 3.23 | 44.03 | 13.16 | 11.45 |
| B | 6.95 | 54.89 | 19.01 | 12.47 | 5.17 | 65.10 | 18.18 | 16.28 |
| Ca | 13.97 | 901.19 | 325.65 | 125.65 | 25.45 | 313.13 | 112.91 | 87.96 |
| Cu | 1.12 | 27.67 | 2.94 | 3.01 | 0.76 | 2.99 | 1.72 | 0.47 |
| Fe | 1.81 | 644.59 | 40.76 | 82.80 | 2.20 | 27.62 | 8.20 | 5.61 |
| K | 1,377.23 | 7,570.56 | 5,239.41 | 1,208.13 | 1,379.70 | 3,946.52 | 2,451.02 | 776.82 |
| Mg | 84.45 | 388.87 | 266.64 | 66.37 | 38.52 | 212.49 | 103.85 | 50.50 |
| Mn | 0.37 | 6.97 | 2.28 | 0.94 | 0.30 | 2.24 | 0.97 | 0.55 |
| Na | 14.10 | 582.85 | 129.98 | 92.03 | 0.27 | 157.64 | 54.65 | 38.46 |
| Zn | 3.30 | 12,626.49 | 4,499.88 | 1,956.57 | 5,288.89 | 23,888.72 | 9,805.33 | 4,458.70 |
| P | 112.57 | 673.91 | 375.32 | 88.99 | 149.98 | 449.02 | 270.87 | 74.60 |
| S | 1.81 | 489.46 | 156.82 | 70.01 | 2.87 | 81.07 | 8.02 | 14.48 |
| N (%) | 4.03 | 6.22 | 4.83 | 0.45 | 3.74 | 6.23 | 4.82 | 0.61 |