Table 9 Yield and bunch quality of Nigerian palms grown in Ghana

Palm Planted FFB
to 1975
B.Wt. F/B M/F S/F K/F O/M O/B
ANGOLA                  
G851.194T 1961 341 12.8 69.3 83.1 7.0 9.9 52.5 30.2
G851.478T 1961 908 15.3 67.3 85.0 6.7 8.3 50.6 28.9
CALABAR                  
G851.53T 1961 1235 20.5 70.2 86.5 6.2 7.3 53.0 32.2
G851.54T 1961 1352 23.2 68.7 88.0 6.3 5.7 52.1 31.5
G851.86T 1961 1037 19.8 66.7 87.3 6.2 6.5 53.9 31.4
MIXED                  
G852.795T 1964 433 19.8 71.2 90.3 5.7 3.9 -- --
G852.835T 1964 637 10.3 65.2 90.7 5.3 4.0 52.6 31.1
G853.1161T 1966 758 13.6 60.2 85.1 7.7 7.2 50.4 25.8

  FFB= Fresh fruit/palm/year, B.Wt= Mean bunch weight, F/B = Fruit to bunch (%), M/F = Mesocarp to fruit (%), S/F = Shell to fruit (%), K/F = Kernel to fruit (%), O/M= Oil to Mesocarp (%), O/B= Oil to bunch (%)