Table 3.  Utilitarian gourd production.  Fall 2002.  Gulf Coast Research and Education Center.
 

 

 

Yield/Plant

Avg Fruit

Fruit Wt Range (lb)1

Off-type

 

(no.)

(lb)

Wt (lb)

Low

High

Fruit

Canteen

16.1 a2

32.2 ab

2.0 de

1.0 cd

3.9 cd

0 c

Calabash

15.1 ab

25.3 bc

1.7 e

0.9 d

2.6 e

0 c

Caveman’s Club

14.1 ab

39.7 a

2.9 c

1.6 c

4.4 b-d

0 c

Giant Bottle

11.1 bc

26.6 bc

2.4 cd

1.3 cd

4.1 cd

0 c

Birdhouse

10.8 b-d

27.0 bc

2.5 cd

1.4 cd

3.7 c-e

0 c

Penguin

10.8 b-d

17.4 c

1.6 e

0.9 d

2.6 e

0 c

Miniature Bottle

7.1 c-e

1.1 d

0.2 f

0.1 e

0.2 f

0 c

Large Bottle

6.3 c-e

15.9 c

2.6 c

1.5 c

3.5 de

0 c

Apple

5.9 de

23.8 bc

4.0 b

3.1 b

4.8 bc

0 c

Cucuzzi

4.5 ef

19.3 c

4.2 b

2.9 b

5.2 b

0 c

Giant Bushel

3.8 ef

22.9 bc

6.3 a

3.7 a

10.2 a

10 b

Swan

0.0 f

0.0 d

--

0.0 e

0.0 f

100 a

Speckled Swan

0.0 f

0.0 d

--

0.0 e

0.0 f

100 a

 

 
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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