Measuring Size of Gooseberry Fruits

Abstract

In most investigations of a practical nature involving fruit crops, measurements of fruit size are of unique importance because the ultimate aim of the fruit grower is to produce high yields of marketable fruit, an aim which usually depends heavily upon a certain minimum fruit size for achievement. The methods utilized for measurement of this important horticultural character range from detailed measurements of a relatively large numbers of individual fruits to the "weight of 100 fruits." The exacting techniques are undoubtedly of greater value but, because of labor requirements, the less exacting may be of greater general utility from a practical standpoint.