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

Table 1

The influence of summer and winter pruning treatments on average shoot length and shoot diameter.

Pruning; treatment	Early Red				Maycrest
	Average shoot length (cm)		Shoot diameter (mm)		Average shoot length (cm)		Shoot diameter (mm)
	2009	2010	2009	2010	2009	2010	2009	2010
Control	73.36 a^z	67.12 a	12.1 a	11.4 b	70.88 a	72.17 a	12.2 ab	14.6 a
WP	68.64 a	61.35 b	10.6 b	12.3 a	75.08 ab	69.38 ab	13.5 a	12.4 b
SP-May	60.89 b	54.74 bc	9.2 bc	10.7 bc	66.38 b	52.72 b	10.7 b	11.4 bc
SP-June	55.15 bc	50.62 c	8.6 c	10.0 c	54.86 c	49.50 b	9.9 c	10.2 c
SP-July	47.84 c	40.08 d	9.2 bc	10.2 bc	45.71 c	44.43 b	9.4 c	9.8 c
SP-August	41.45 c	46.36 cd	8.7 c	9.7 c	49.27 c	45.48 b	9.6 c	9.4 c

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