Table 3.  Utilitarian gourd production.  Fall 2001.  Gulf Coast Research and Education Center.
 

 

 

Yield/Plant

 

Avg Fruit

Fruit Wt Range (lb)1

 

Variety

(lb)

(no.)

 

Wt (lb)

Low

High

 

Giant Bushel

44.1 a2

    4.6 b

 

     9.8 a

5.7 a

   19.8 a

 

Cucuzzi

35.0 ab

    7.8 b

 

     4.5 b

3.2 b

     6.6 b

 

Giant Bottle

30.0 ab

  10.0 b

 

     2.9 c-e

1.9 c

     5.4 bc

 

Canteen

27.3 ab

  10.9 b

 

     2.6 de

1.7 c

     4.4 bc

 

Caveman’s Club

27.3 ab

    9.3 b

 

     2.8 c-e

1.8 c

     5.1 bc

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gooseneck Swan

24.5 bc

    5.9 b

 

     4.2 bc

3.5 b

     6.3 b

 

Birdhouse Bottle

23.6 bc

    9.3 b

 

     2.5 de

1.6 c

     4.5 bc

 

Long Siphon

21.5 bc

    8.3 b

 

     2.6 de

1.8 c

     4.9 bc

 

Dipper Long Handled

21.3 bc

    7.6 b

 

     3.0 c-e

1.8 c

     5.2 bc

 

Penguin

20.1 bc

  11.0 b

 

     1.8 e

  1.2 cd

     2.7 cd

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Apple

18.9 bc

    5.4 b

 

     3.5 b-d

  2.5 bc

     5.2 bc

 

Miniature Bottle

  5.9 c

  18.8 a

 

     0.3 f

0.2 d

     0.7 d

 

 
1Average of the three smallest and three largest gourd fruit per plot.
2Mean separation in columns by Duncan’s multiple range test, 5% level.
 
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