Relationship between fruit size and blossom set.<p>

Kuyper, C. K. and R. J. Hall.<p>

In 1959 a study relative to fruit weight and blossom set on seven varieties
revealed that a linear inverse relationship between percent of blossoms set
and average fruit weight seems to exist. It was observed that as average fruit
weight increases the percentage of blossoms actually setting fruit decreases.
This relationship is exemplified by the following table and graph:<p>

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          % of blossoms         Average fruit
Variety   set which formed      weight in pounds
code      fruit                 of individual fruits

C59              76                  0.18
C52              71                  0.19
C50              60                  0.26
C51              59                  0.26
C23-4            51                  0.31
C23-7            48                  0.36
C49              43                  0.48

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These data would seem to indicate a genetical linkage or a physiological
association between fruit size and percentage of blossoms which set fruit.
The possibility of genetical linkage may warrant investigation.<p>


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