Table 4. Starch index values of Starkspur Supreme Delicious fruit from trees on 

 various rootstocks in the 1984 NC-140 Cooperative Planting in Massachusetts. 

 The starch index used ranged from one to nine, with fruit rated as one having 

 almost complete starch staining and those rated as nine having no starch 

 staining. Means were adjusted for the effects of crop load.' 



Rootstock 



1990 



1991 



1992 



1993 



P.22 



P. 16 



P.2 



B.9 



M.26 EMLA 



P.l 



MAC.39 



C.6 



M.7 EMLA 



B.490 



MAC.l 



A.313 



P. 18 



Seedling 



M.4 



Means within a column not followed by the same letter are significantly different 

 at odds of 19:1. 



Table 5. Watercore index values of Starkspur Supreme Delicious fruit from trees 

 on various rootstocks in the 1984 NC-140 Cooperative Planting in Massachusetts. 

 The watercore index used ranged from one to seven, with fruit rated as one having 

 no watercore and those rated as seven having severe watercore. Means were 

 adjusted for the effects of crop load.' 



Rootstock 



1990 



1991 



1992 



1993 



P. 16 



MAC.39 



B.9 



P.2 



P.22 



P.l 



M.26 EMLA 



M.7 EMLA 



MAC.l 



A313 



C.6 



B.490 



P. 18 



Seedling 



M.4 



1.0 a 



Means within a column not followed by the same letter are significantly different 

 at odds of 19:1. 



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Fruit Notes, Summer, 1994 



