Table 2. 1996 NC-140: Ontario

Table 2. 1996 blossom, yield and tree growth measurements from the NC-140 'Royal Gala' dwarfing rootstock trial planted in 1994 at the Horticultural Experiment Station, Simcoe, Ontario. Trees are trained to the slender spindle orchard system. Rootstocks are ranked in order of increasing vigour (tcsa).z


Rootstock	Number of flower cluster/ tree	No. of fruit/ tree	Total yield per tree (kg) 1996	Avg. fruit wt (g)	Cum. Yield (kg)	Cum. Yield efficiency (kg.cm-2)	Avg. shoot lengt h (cm)	1996 Autumn TCSA (cm2)	TCSA relative to M.9 EMLA	Incremental increase in TCSA '95-'96 (cm2)	Tree height 1996 (cm)	Tree spread 1996 (cm)	Height: spread ratio
M.27 EMLA	93.3-	13.2	1.74	131	2.8	0.73	22.7-	3.9-	0.51-	1.6-	179-	121-	1.49+
P.22	152.7	23.8	2.93	122	43	1.00+	21.4-	4.4-	0.57-	1.2-	187-	137-	1.38
P.16	159.5	24.3	3.49	142	4.5	0.90+	25.7-	5.0-	0.65-	1.9-	208-	139-	1.50+
B.491	132.1-	16.3	2.33	148	3.5	0.67	29.5-	5.3-	0.69-	2.5	204-	132-	1.57+
V.3	162.2	10.2	1.36-	128	2.4 -	0.42	29.5-	6.0-	0.78-	2.8	203-	153-	1.35
M.9 NAKB	135.6	14.6	1.98	143	2.6	0.43	36.1	6.6	0.86	3.2	229	172	1.35
B.469	211.5	38.7+	4.16+	108-	5.7	0.81+	24.7-	7.1	0.92	2.7	221-	161-	1.38
M.9 Pajam 1	163.6	13.8	1.83	127	2.8	0.34	33.7	7.7	1.00	3.8	242	191	1.28
M.9 EMLA	192.0	19.2	2.72	137	4.2	0.57	35.2	7.7	1.00	3.3	247	185	1.34
P.2	209.5	25.3	3.54	141	4.6	0.63	28.4-	8.4	1.09	3.2	241	189	1.33
O.3	291.9+	43.0+	6.17+	144	7.7+	0.82+	34.0	9.4+	1.22+	4.1	260	223+	1.17-
M.9 Nicolai	218.9	19.8	3.12	155	5.2	0.51	37.9	10.2+	1.32+	4.5+	247	209+	1.19-
B.9	209.0	37.1+	5.08+	138	7.0+	0.74	32.4	10.2+	1.32+	4.5+	263	205	1.29
M.9 Pajam 2	212.4	34.1+	5.37+	159+	7.6+	0.68	39.9+	11.3+	1.47+	5.3+	262	217+	1.22
Mark	327.6+	36.2+	5.35+	150	6.6+	0.60	32.0	11.4+	1.48+	4.6+	263	224+	1.18-
M.26 EMLA	227.2	17.4	2.39	135	3.4	0.28-	35.2	12.2+	1.58+	5.5+	290+	224+	1.29
V.1	158.0	19.0	2.34	129	3.1	0.24-	47.1	13.1+	1.70+	6.3+	289+	243+	1.19-
G.65	183.5	8.5-	1.32-	152	1.3-	0.07-	58.4+	19.4+	2.52+	11.0+	340+	280+	1.22
Significancez	***	***	***	***	***	***	***	***	***	***	***	***	***
LSD(P=5%)	57.0	9.7	1.30	20	1.6	0.24	5.9	1.6	0.21	0.6	21	22	0.13

z Parameters significantly greater (+) or significantly less (-) than M.9 EMLA using LSD (P=0.05)
y ns, *, **, ***, indicates not significant and significant difference at P=0.05, P=0.10, and P=0.01, respectively