*The number of clusters formed per 100 blossoms.
Excludes all trees with fewer than four flowers.
1 Excludes all trees with fewer than four fruits.
1 Standardized values: the deviation from the mean divided by the standard deviation.
2 Includes all A. triloba in the nursery.
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TraitMeanMaximumMinimumZscores1Standard deviationC.O.V.Sample size
Max.Min.
Height(M)1.372.740.303.2-2.50.430.3157652
Total fruit (#)13.170.03.05.7-1.09.90.7551303
Total yield (kg)1.044.420.174.2-1.10.810.778130
Growth rate (m/yr)0.400.910.012.7-2.10.190.474765
Blossom density (#/m height)17.8124.22.26.5-1.016.30.9161854
Fruit set5 (%)19.566.71.23.6-1.413.00.667185
Fruit density (#/m)7.931.91.64.4-1.15.50.698130
Yield density (kg/m)0.622.080.104.9-1.30.410.793130
Cluster size (#, av.)2.26.01.04.2-1.40.90.409185
Fruit size (gm)82.4235.632.15.3-1.729.10.353130
Seeds per fruit (#)8.312.64.62.6-2.31.60.196130
Seed-fruit ratio (.01 gm/gm)9.217.83.43.2-2.22.60.287130
Seed size (gm)0.871.440.252.6-2.90.220.250130
Table 4. Variation in Asimina triloba in the Wye collection, Maryland, U.S.A., 1988.