| Root-stoc k | Total no. of shoots/ tree | Total shoot length/tree (cm) | Average shoot length (cm) | Adjusted shoot no. (no.cm-2 tcsa) | Adjusted total shoot length (cm.cm-2 tcsa) |
| Arlet | M.9 | 13.8 | 418.6 | 31.7 | 3.4 | 106.7 |
| BC-8M-15-10 | M.9 | 11.5 | 341.0 | 30.8 | 3.6 | 106.0 |
| Braeburn | M.9 | 9.0 | 402.0 | 46.7 | 3.1 | 136.8 |
| Braeburn | Mark | 13.0 | 416.5 | 31.7 | 4.2 | 136.2 |
| Cameo | M.9 | 16.3 | 403.3 | 24.8 | 3.6 | 89.0 |
| Enterprise | M.9 | 23.0 | 694.5 | 31.0 | 5.9 | 170.8 |
| Fuji, Nagafu#2 | M.9 | 19.0 | 599.2 | 31.4 | 4.9 | 147.0 |
| Galasupreme | M.9 | 10.5 | 382.5 | 36.8 | 2.7 | 96.8 |
| Gingergold | M.9 | 19.4 | 479.6 | 24.3 | 5.9 | 145.5 |
| G. Delicious | M.9 | 12.5 | 284.3 | 21.9 | 4.6 | 99.4 |
| G. Delicious | Mark | 27.4 | 773.6 | 29.5 | 5.7 | 162.7 |
| Goldensupreme | M.9 | 15.3 | 493.0 | 33.8 | 4.7 | 148.8 |
| Goldrush | M.9 | 15.3 | 405.3 | 25.9 | 5.7 | 149.5 |
| Honeycrisp | M.9 | 11.4 | 311.8 | 26.7 | 4.8 | 124.4 |
| McIntosh, Pioneer | M.9 | 8.8 | 349.0 | 40.7 | 3.6 | 142.9 |
| NY-429 | M.9 | 16.0 | 495.0 | 30.7 | 3.9 | 120.2 |
| NY-75414-1 | M.9 | 6.0 | 206.7 | 35.3 | 2.8 | 96.4 |
| Orin | M.9 | 15.0 | 424.3 | 28.8 | 4.0 | 111.9 |
| Pristine | M.9 | 22.3 | 559.0 | 26.6 | 4.8 | 122.3 |
| Sansa | M.9 | 11.6 | 255.0 | 21.8 | 4.0 | 88.2 |
| Shizuka | M.9 | 20.0 | 516.5 | 26.4 | 4.6 | 120.6 |
| Suncrisp | M.9 | 11.7 | 354.0 | 32.9 | 3.0 | 92.9 |
| Sunrise | M.9 | 15.6 | 359.0 | 23.1 | 5.1 | 114.3 |
| Yataka | M.9 | 12.0 | 312.6 | 25.7 | 4.2 | 108.0 |
| Yataka | Mark | 18.6 | 602.2 | 32.7 | 4.1 | 134.3 |
| Average | 15.0 | 433.5 | 30.1 | 4.3 | 122.9 | |
| Significancey | *** | *** | * | ** | ns | |
| LSD (P=0.05) | 7.2 | 221.6 | 12.9 | 1.9 | 57.6 | |
| y ns, *, **, ***, indicates not significant and significance at P=0.05, P=0.01, and P=0.001, respectively. | ||||||