Table 3.  Early and total marketable yields, average fruit weight, soluble solids, cull weight, fruit per plant, and plant stands for cantaloupe.  Gulf Coast Research and Education Center, Bradenton.  Spring 2001.

 

 

Early Harvest1

 

Total Harvest

 

 

Avg

Soluble

Cull

 

 

Avg

Soluble

Cull

Fruit

Plant

 

Marketable

Fruit

Solids

Fruit

 

Marketable

Fruit

Solids

Fruit

per

Stand

Entry

(cwt/A)2

Wt (lb)

(%)

(cwt/A)2

 

(cwt/A)2

Wt (lb)

(%)

(cwt/A)2

Plant

(%)

RML 8793-VP

    337 ab3

6.3 bc

13.2 a

     32 a

 

     773 a

   6.0 d

13.2 a

    64 c

3.0 ab

100 a

RML 8726-VP

    483 a

8.0 ab

12.1 ab

     66 a

 

     766 a

   8.0 ab

11.9 a-c

  135 bc

2.3 bc

  98 a

Minerva

      29 d

8.8 a

ND4

       7 a

 

     746 ab

   7.7 bc

12.2 a-c

  128 bc

2.3 bc

  98 a

Athena

    124 cd

4.8 c

13.4 a

       5 a

 

     718 a-c

   5.0 e

12.7 ab

    86 c

3.3 a

100 a

RML 9601-VP

    222 b-d

8.4 a

11.5 ab

     26 a

 

     713 a-c

   8.6 a

11.5 a-c

  179 a-c

2.2 bc

  88 a

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PXC 221

      71 d

5.0 c

13.0 ab

       5 a

 

     681 a-c

   5.0 e

12.1 a-c

  128 bc

3.1 a

100 a

Odyssey

      21 d

6.3 bc

ND4

       8 a

 

     591 a-c

   6.1 d

10.8 bc

  229 ab

2.3 bc

  95 a

RML 9603-VP

    322 a-c

7.3 ab

10.9 b

     48 a

 

     581 a-c

   7.7 bc

10.8 bc

  197 a-c

2.1 c

  85 a

RML 8797-VP

      34 d

8.2 a

13.5 a

     18 a

 

     545 bc

   7.4 bc

11.7 a-c

  298 a

1.7 c

  98 a

RML 9602-VP

    124 cd

7.0 ab

11.8 ab

     23 a

 

     514 c

   6.9 c

10.7 c

  224 ab

1.8 c

  98 a

 

1First two of eight harvests.

2Acre = 8712 linear bed feet.

3Mean separation in columns by Duncan’s multiple range test, 5% level.

4Not determined.