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Fig. 1.
Percent initial fruit-set of three apple cultivars exposed to different pollination treatments.
Fig. 2.
Percent fruit-set at harvest of three apple cultivars exposed to different pollination treatments.
Fig. 3.
The mean number of fruits harvested from one apple tree exposed to different pollination treatments.
Fig. 4.
The mean fruit yield (kg) harvested from one apple tree exposed to different pollination treatments.
Fig. 5.
The number of seeds per fruit of three apple cultivars exposed to different pollination treatments: 1) selfpollination, 2) pollination by O. bicornis (syn. O. rufa), 3) open-pollination.
Mean number of clusters per tree and mean number of flowers per cluster in the tested groups