Cultivar | Root-st ock | No Frt/ tree | Frt wt. (kg) | TCSA (cm) _________________________ | Tree height (cm) | Tree spread (cm) | H:S ratio | Canopy volume (m3) | ||
| Fall '96 | Abs. Increase | Rel. Increase | ||||||||
| Arlet | M.9 | 6 | 1.0 | 4.0 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 194.0 | 125.0 | 1.664 | 0.86 |
| BC-8M-15-10 | M.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 3.2 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 177.5 | 77.5 | 2.406 | 0.29 |
| Braeburn | M.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 160.0 | 51.5 | 3.567 | 0.10 |
| Braeburn | Mark | 0 | 0.0 | 3.1 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 162.5 | 86.2 | 1.913 | 0.30 |
| Cameo | M.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 4.6 | 2.9 | 1.7 | 178.3 | 70.8 | 2.547 | 0.23 |
| Enterprise | M.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 4.2 | 2.9 | 2.2 | 185.0 | 98.7 | 1.878 | 0.46 |
| Fuji, Nagafu#2 | M.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 2.2 | 1.3 | 176.0 | 109.0 | 1.768 | 0.59 |
| Galasupreme | M.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 1.9 | 0.9 | 197.5 | 95.0 | 2.119 | 0.49 |
| Gingergold | M.9 | 2 | 0.5 | 3.4 | 1.8 | 1.1 | 191.0 | 121.5 | 1.661 | 0.79 |
| G. Delicious | M.9 | 1 | 0.2 | 2.8 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 161.3 | 62.5 | 2.769 | 0.17 |
| G. Delicious | Mark | 0 | 0.1 | 4.8 | 3.1 | 1.8 | 187.0 | 90.5 | 2.110 | 0.41 |
| Goldensupreme | M.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 3.4 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 181.3 | 85.0 | 2.158 | 0.34 |
| Goldrush | M.9 | 1 | 0.1 | 2.7 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 177.5 | 61.9 | 2.909 | 0.18 |
| Honeycrisp | M.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.4 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 167.0 | 58.0 | 3.032 | 0.16 |
| McIntosh, Pioneer | M.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.4 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 158.8 | 63.1 | 2.609 | 0.17 |
| NY-429 | M.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 4.1 | 2.7 | 2.0 | 160.0 | 78.7 | 2.032 | 0.25 |
| NY-75414-1 | M.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.1 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 165.0 | 55.0 | 3.125 | 0.13 |
| Orin | M.9 | 1 | 0.1 | 3.8 | 2.1 | 1.3 | 178.3 | 61.7 | 2.907 | 0.17 |
| Pristine | M.9 | 4 | 1.7 | 4.5 | 2.4 | 1.3 | 203.3 | 121.7 | 1.793 | 0.78 |
| Sansa | M.9 | 3 | 0.4 | 2.8 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 166.0 | 96.0 | 1.867 | 0.41 |
| Shizuka | M.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 4.3 | 2.3 | 1.1 | 190.0 | 68.7 | 2.891 | 0.26 |
| Suncrisp | M.9 | 0 | 0.1 | 3.9 | 2.1 | 1.2 | 180.0 | 71.7 | 2.525 | 0.24 |
| Sunrise | M.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 3.2 | 1.9 | 1.5 | 172.0 | 74.5 | 2.341 | 0.25 |
| Yataka | M.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.8 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 171.0 | 75.0 | 2.436 | 0.23 |
| Yataka | Mark | 1 | 0.0 | 4.6 | 3.1 | 2.2 | 185.0 | 91.0 | 2.057 | 0.40 |
| Average | 0.8 | 0.2 | 3.5 | 2.0 | 1.3 | 177 | 82 | 2.363 | 0.35 | |
| Significancez | ** | ns | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | |
| LSD (P=0.05) | 3.1 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 17.1 | 31 | 0.800 | 0.30 | |
| z ns, *, **, ***, indicates not significant and significance at P=0.05, P=0.01, and P=0.001, respectively. | ||||||||||