Influence of Pre- and Postharvest Summer Pruning on the Growth, Yield, Fruit Quality, and Carbohydrate Content of Early Season Peach Cultivars

Table 3

Average fruit weight (g), soluble solids (%), and titratable acidity (%) of peaches as influenced by summer and winter pruning.

Pruning treatment	Average fruit weight (g/fruit)		Soluble solids content (%)		Titratable acidity (%)
	2009	2010	2009	2010	2009	2010
Early Red
Control	78.74 d^z	84.58 c	14.50	14.75	0.69 bc	0.62
WP	85.97 c	97.27 bc	14.65	15.25	0.65 c	0.63
SP-May	117.46 a	122.87 a	15.00	15.50	0.71 b	0.64
SP-June	99.46 bc	105.84 b	15.75	15.50	0.77 a	0.64
SP-July	110.05 b	100.47 b	15.00	14.75	0.73 ab	0.66
SP-August	92.79 c	115.89 ab	15.30	15.00	0.73 ab	0.64
Maycrest
Control	87.30 b	99.79 b	14.60 ab	15.00	0.67 a	0.58 a
WP	100.28 b	117.92 ab	14.33 a	15.60	0.64 ab	0.59 a
SP-May	121.90 a	100.36 b	14.33 ab	14.90	0.59 bc	0.54 b
SP-June	108.17 ab	124.75 a	14.67 b	15.25	0.62 b	0.53 b
SP-July	103.29 ab	110.58 b	15.07 a	15.70	0.57 c	0.51 b
SP-August	106.36 ab	105.05 b	15.53 a	15.20	0.56 c	0.51 b

 ^zMean separation within columns by Duncan’s multiple range test at 5% level.