Table 25: Mean Number of Fruit per 1/2 meter Limb Sample, Grand Island, CA - 1996.

Treatment Mean* No. of Fruit at Various Dates Mean
Total
Ethrel* ProGibb** 3/19 3/26 4/3 4/11 4/16 4/22
300 ---- 0.3 a 6.3 b 35.0 ab 18.5 bc 25.8 a 17.5 a 17.2 ab
300 25 0.3 a 14.0 ab 45.5 a 27.8 abc 30.3 a 26.5 a 24.1 a
300 50 0.0 a 14.0 ab 37.3 ab 25.5 abc 27.5 a 14.3 a 19.8 ab
600 ---- 0.0 a 14.8 ab 18.3 b 28.3 abc 20.5 a 18.8 a 16.8 ab
600 25 0.0 a 12.5 ab 25.8 ab 21.5 bc 30.5 a 19.3 a 18.3 ab
600 50 0.0 a 7.0 ab 36.8 ab 29.8 ab 41.0 a 13.0 a 21.3 ab
1200 ---- 0.0 a 18.0 ab 19.0 b 8.8 c 25.3 a 12.3 a 13.9 b
1200 25 0.0 a 13.0 ab 30.0 ab 12.5 bc 23.0 a 20.3 a 16.5 ab
1200 50 0.5 a 20.5 a 29.5 ab 43.3 a 27.3 a 18.5 a 23.3 a
Untreated 0.0 a 15.5 ab 36.3 ab 25.3 abc 37.3 a 20.5 a 225. ab

*ppm ethephon

**ppm gibberellic acid

*Means followed by the same letter within a column are not significantly different
(Fisher's protected LSD, P less than or equal to 0.05).

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