Table 1 Means and standard deviations for melon traits over two trials

FW (g)

March

702.0 ± 59.7 b^a

430.0 ± 49.9 c

786.7 ± 77.7 a

631.1 ± 197.2

April

980.0 ± 58.9 a

600.0 ± 34.6 c

966.7 ± 100.7 b

897.3 ± 295.5

FD (cm)

March

11.1 ± 0.1 a

9.6 ± 0.3 b

10.8 ± 0.6 a

10.8 ± 1.2

April

12.7 ± 0.4 a

10.6 ± 0.3 b

11.7 ± 0.4 a

11.5 ± 1.5

FL (cm)

March

10.2 ± 0.3 b

8.8 ± 0.9 c

12.4 ± 0.4 a

10.7 ± 1.8

April

11.4 ± 0.4 b

10.0 ± 0.6 c

13.0 ± 0.8 a

12.6 ± 2.1

FT (cm)

March

3.1 ± 0.1 a

1.9 ± 0.2 c

2.8 ± 0.3 b

2.5 ± 0.5

April

3.2 ± 0.5 a

2.3 ± 0.2 b

3.2 ± 0.7 a

2.7 ± 0.6

ND

March

5.0 ± 0.0 a

0 c

4.0 ± 0.0 b

2.8 ± 1.6

April

4.0 ± 0.0 b

0 c

4.7 ± 0.6 a

2.0 ± 1.6

NW

March

3.0 ± 0.0 a

0 c

2.3 ± 0.6 b

1.4 ± 0.7

April

3.0 ± 0.0 a

0 b

3.0 ± 0.0 a

1.3 ± 0.9

PM

March

–^b

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April

0.1 ± 0.2 b

4.9 ± 0.3 a

0.4 ± 0.5 b

1.5 ± 1.8