Yield, fruit size, red color, and a partial economic analysis for 'Delicious' and 'Empire' in the NC-140 1994 Systems Trial in Virginia

Journal of the American Pomological Society

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 4-11

  Marini, Richard P ^b   Barden, John A ^a  

^a VA Tech   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 2942737301     PISSN: 15273741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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