Procure^®50WS significantly increased total fruit yield over the untreated control and all other

treatments except for Sovran^®50W (see Table 5 and Figure 1). There were no significant differences
on the effect of fruit size (see Table 5 and Figure 2). Statistical differences in grade size were not
detected at the 5% or 10% levels due to a very variable crop load on the single tree replications.

Figure 2. Effect of treatments on fruit size, Snyder Farm study

Experiment 2-MacSpur

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The block was harvested on 20 September and held in conventional cold storage(32º F and 95% RH)
until they could be graded and sorted on 14 December. At harvest, two bins (20 bushel) of each
treatment were separately harvested and stored for data collection. A commercial Durand-Wayland belt
grader was used to determine packout. The grader was set to 5 grade variants and tested for accuracy
prior to the commencement of data collection. The grade variants were determined utilizing ring sizers
with 20 bushels of "test" fruit run over the grader to certify accuracy.

Table 7: MacSpur^®gradeout for Best Fruit Farm Trial

There was no significant difference at any grade between the two treatments when evaluated for
packout.

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