Table 6. Pearson correlation among growth characteristics.

Varibles	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I	J	K	L	M	N	O	P	Q	R
A. Tree age	1	.180	.567**	.738**	.435**	−.624**	.158	.103	.170	.248*	.128	.294**	.389**	.231*	.314**	.214	.221*	.367**
B. Tree height		1	.317**	.185	.015	.070	.182	.055	.132	.070	−.033	.267*	−.070	−.090	−.122	−.132	−.148	.179
C. Crown area			1	.569**	.260*	−.271*	−.079	.177	.466**	.241*	−.389**	.255*	.322**	.200	.291*	.098	.387**	.332**
D. Stem diameter near the root				1	.546**	−.692**	.223	.302*	.193	.214	.084	.151	.269*	.310**	.319**	.039	.298*	.256*
E. Clear length of stem					1	−.661**	.207	.495**	−.065	−.010	.148	.126	.010	−.038	−.046	.053	−.090	.085
F. No. of main branch						1	−.421**	−.508**	.025	−.121	−.258*	.025	−.068	−.036	.000	.034	−.151	.024
G. Distance between main branches							1	.346**	−.158	.064	.383**	.205	−.230*	−.162	−.290**	−.118	−.183	.079
H. Number of MBS/MB								1	−.403**	−.413**	.095	.039	−.369**	−.261*	−.333**	−.052	−.319**	−.098
I. Number. of FBS/MBS									1	.844**	−.360**	.489**	.457**	.331**	.427**	.104	.390**	.636**
J. Number of fruit/MBS										1	.125	.593**	.415**	.352**	.382**	.000	.331**	.707**
K. Number of fruit/FBS											1	.170	−.146	.058	−.117	−.265*	−.200	.108
L. Number of fruit												1	−.003	−.022	.014	.114	−.255*	.918**
M. Length													1	.711**	.827**	.119	.530**	.320**
N. Diameter														1	.903**	−.073	.464**	.332**
O. Weight															1	.158	.505**	.386**
P. Hardness																1	−.136	.151
Q. SSC																	1	−.055
R. Yield																		1

Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level.
Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level.