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Percent of Rotted Apples After Storage 18.2 ab 8.2 ab 7.4 ab 5.6 ab 7.7 ab 23.4 ab 37.1 b 24.9 ab 22.5 ab †

Soluble Solids (% at Harvest) 10.50 ab 10.10 ab 9.9 ab — 9.6 a — 9.9 ab 10.3 ab 11.0 b

Firmness (lb) After Storage 9.2 b 8.4 b 8.8 b 8.9 b — —– 8.7 b 8.8 b 8.6 b

At Harvest 9.0 d 0.049 b 9.2 e 0.047 a 9.0 de 0.052 d — 0.056 e 8.4 bcd 0.055 e — 0.042 a 8.8 cde 0.061 g 8.3 bc 0,047 b 8.1 ab 0.060 f
Mineral Constituents of Apples (% dry matter) Mg K 0.87 c 0.87 c 0.99 cd 0.83 ab 0.95 c 0.80 a 0.99 cd 0.96 c 0.031 bcd 1.03 d 0.034 cde

Mean Fruit Ca Weight (g) 0.025 a 136 a 0.032 c 162 d–h 0.038 ef 145 a–d 0.035 ef 136 a 0.031 b 158 c–h 0.028 b 146 abc 0.035 ef 155 b–g 165 e–h 172 ghi The Quality of Apples (Cultivar Lobo) after Thinning in 1993

Yield (kg/tree) 57.9 c–f 51.0 a–f 56.5 c–f 67.6 ef 41.3 abc 45.6 abc 51.5 a–f 53.3 b–f 39.1 abc

Treatment Control unthinned Hand thinned Urea 2% BPF * Urea 2% EPF * Urea 4% BPF Urea 4% EPF Mixture: urea 1.5%+ NAA 25 mg/L EPF without adjuvant Mixture urea 1.5%+ NAA 15 mg/L EPF + adjuvant Mixture: urea 0.45%+ NAA 20 mg/L EPF + adjuvant TABLE 15.5

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