Hello, I’m analyzing some data and I have seemingly contradictory results. I’m
hoping someone can comment and make sense of this:
For a number of randomly selected trees, fruit drop was recorded starting late
summer until harvest. For each tree, we recorded total fruit drop (and weight),
Vincent:
Maybe the dropping left the LARGER fruits on the tree? I don't know if
poor pollination results in both
smaller fruit AND more early drop of the smallest, poorly-seeded fruits, but I
can suppose it is a possible explanation of your observation.
David Kollas
Kollas Orchard, CT
Hello Vincent,
Did you control for tree size, by means of, for instance, calculating yield per
trunk cross sectional area. If you did not, then your bigger trees, which by
definition became bigger because they were more vigorous, might be expected to
carry larger fruits (even if Total fruits
Vincent,
You did not mention the variety you are working with, and it may or may not
be relevant. Some varieties adapt well to a multi-pick system where
remaining fruit increases in size when the largest are harvested. I suppose
drop is a type of harvest. Some
