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Table 1 Nut dimensions of ‘Jones Hybrid’, by inventory and year. Each value is the mean of 5 nuts (except for BWV 9 7 in 2001 and 2009, which had 2 and 4 nuts respectively)

From: ‘Jones hybrid’ hickory: a case study in Carya curation

Orchard

Row

Tree

Year

Lng mm

Wd mm

Ht mm

Lng:ht

ht:wd

Nut g

Ker g

Ker pct

BWV

9

7

2001

35

21

30

1.2

1.4

9.3

4.1

44.8

BWV

9

7

2002

33

21

29

1.1

1.4

8.4

4.4

52.4

BWV

9

7

2003

30

20

29

1.1

1.4

8.3

4.1

49.5

BWV

9

7

2005

32

20

28

1.2

1.4

7.6

3.2

42.0

BWV

5

31

2008

30

21

29

1.1

1.4

8.3

4.0

48.6

BWV

9

7

2008

27

19

26

1.0

1.4

6.5

3.3

51.0

BWV

5

31

2009

31

21

30

1.0

1.4

8.4

4.2

49.6

BWV

9

7

2009

30

21

28

1.1

1.4

7.6

  
 

Mean

  

31

20

28

1.1

1.4

7.9

3.9

48.6

  1. Lng nut length, Wd nut width, Ht nut height, Lng:ht nut length to height ratio, ht:wd nut height to width rato, Nut g individual nut mass in grams, Ker g individual nut kernel mass in grams, Ker pct percentage of nut comprised of kernel, Mean mean of values across years of measurement