Table 3. Characteristics of parental palms in the WAYFOR main breeding program (1959)

Palm Origin     FFB    F/B    M/F    S/F    K/F    O/M    O/B
(Teneras)                
32.364T Calabar 120.0 60.3 82.8 9.0 5.1 51.0 25.5
2.3495T Aba 86.4 60.2 79.5 9.2 6.3 47.8 22.9
1.2229T Angola 58.2 70.1 75.6 10.0 11.4 50.3 26.7
108.5T Calabar 76.8 70.5 78.4 10.3 7.6    
1.3056T Calabar   -- 58.7 84.6 8.1 6.8    
1.3352T Calabar   -- 69.0 81.7 10.7 6.0    
1.3208T Calabar 63.6 56.9 88.8 5.2 4.7    
32.2612T Calabar 119.5 60.3 80.6 11.6 5.3 51.3 24.9
32.3005T Calabar 118.6 70.8 78.7 11.7 7.9    
1.3379T Calabar 78.2 65.0 79.5 11.0 6.8    
                 
(Duras)                
1.3307D Aba -- 66.2 53.6 31.2 12.7    
1.3340D Calabar -- 70.8 59.7 29.6 8.4 37.5 15.8
2.1834D Aba 63.6 66.7 53.1 31.5 13.3    
3.361D Calabar 90.9 67.0 58.4 28.4 11.2 47.0 18.4
32.658D Calabar 99.5 69.4 61.8 28.1 8.8    
32.2824D Calabar 87.7 70.4 58.2 26.3 13.2 44.3 18.2

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