The larger fruit are always larger. The initial phase of fruit growth is by cell division, so the larger fruit have more cells than the smaller fruit. Later after pit hardening, the fruit grows by cell division, so the larger fruit has the potential to grow more than the smaller fruit since if all the cells doubled in size the larger fruit would grow more because it had more cells to double in size.
******************************* Mark Longstroth MSUE Fruit Educator http://www.canr.msu.edu/vanburen/disthort.htm -----Original Message----- From: apple-crop@virtualorchard.net [mailto:apple-c...@virtualorchard.net] On Behalf Of Mark Angermayer Sent: Sunday, May 02, 2010 9:14 AM To: Apple-Crop Subject: Apple-Crop: Different sized peach fruitlets- Does size matter? Re: Apple-Crop: Dodine and captane fungicides applied duriThere is plenty written about distance and placement when hand thinning peaches, but I have a question about the size of different fruitlets. I've heard it claimed that the larger fruitlets on a shoot, will be larger at maturity than the smaller fruitlets on the same shoot. Is there any truth to that, or do the smaller fruitlets "catch up", after the shoot is thinned? In other words, when hand thinning should the smaller fruitlets be automatically discarded because they are small? Mark Angermayer Tubby Fruits Bucyrus KS -------------------------------------------------------------------------- The 'Apple-Crop' LISTSERV is sponsored by the Virtual Orchard <http://www.virtualorchard.net> and managed by Win Cowgill and Jon Clements <webmas...@virtualorchard.net>. Apple-Crop is not moderated. Therefore, the statements do not represent "official" opinions and the Virtual Orchard takes no responsibility for the content. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- The 'Apple-Crop' LISTSERV is sponsored by the Virtual Orchard <http://www.virtualorchard.net> and managed by Win Cowgill and Jon Clements <webmas...@virtualorchard.net>. Apple-Crop is not moderated. Therefore, the statements do not represent "official" opinions and the Virtual Orchard takes no responsibility for the content.
