y Any two means within a column not followed by the same letter are significantly different at P ≤ 0.05 using Fisher's protected LSD mean separation
2 NA = not available, NS = not significant, * significant at P=0.05, ** at P=0.01, and * * * at P=0.001.
Peak flowering date (month/day)Bloom duration period (days)Harvest duration period (days)Days between flower peak and harvest peakAverage fruit weight (g)
Clone200420052006200420052006200420052006200420052006200420052006
2-54NAz4/17 d4/20 dNA29 ab25 fNA1923 abNA139 ab145 a134 c117 c112 bc
Middletown4/27 ay4/27 a4/28 a23 c25 c32 bc311819 bc141 ab135 bc140 abc76 e85 d65 d
NC-1NA4/17 d4/21 cdNA30 a28 eNA1820 abNA138 abc144 a176 a189 a171 a
Overleese4/21 b4/20 cd4/21 cd28 a29 ab31 cd231819 abc130 c136 abc142 abc145 bc180 ab185 a
PA-Golden4/22 b4/24 ab4/23 bc28 a28 abc31 cd242723 ab123 d127 d136 c112 d116 cd103 c
Sunflower4/22 b4/19 cd4/24 b27 ab27 bc29 de251825 a136 abc140 a143 ab169 ab156 b140 b
Wells4/28 a4/26 ab4/30 a26 b29 ab34 ab262315 c134 bc133 bc138 bc111 d105 cd90 cd
Wilson4/23 b4/22 bc4/23 bc27 ab28 ab36 a282125 a143 a132 c140 abc98 de84 d85 cd
Main effectz****************NSNS******************
Block effectzNSNSNS*NS***NSNSNSNSNSNSNSNS
LSD4533439106966313333
Mean4/244/224/24262831262021134135141128130118
Table 3. Peak flowering date, bloom duration and harvest duration periods, and days between flowering peak and harvest peak for mature trees of eight pawpaw selections for 2004, 2005 and 2006.
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