Harvest fruit was collected by treatment for a randomly selected evaluation of possible negative effects
the treatments may have on: mature seed production, fruit russet, fruit deformation, L/D ratios and
overall fruit weight.

Compared to the UTC:

• All treatments except Sevin + oil reduced crop load.
• All treatments increased average fruit weight.
• Sevin +oil increased the total number of seeds per fruit.
• No treatments increased fruit russeting.

Objective 2

Endothall increased final fruit size on all cultivars when compared to the Untreated Control, and
produced fruit similar in size to those treated with a standard NAD application.

1999 North Jersey Tree Fruit Annual Report

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