Abstract
Thirty ‘d'Anjou’ rootstock training system combinations were studied over a 3-year period to determine if differences observed in post-storage problems were related to peel nutrient content. Few significant relationships between peel nutrient content and post-storage problems were found, and none of the relationships were significant over each of the three years of the study. Stepwise multiple regression likewise found no equations that could effectively predict storage problems over each of the 3 years of the study. The lack of consistent and significant relationships strongly suggests that random fruit peel nutrient sampling cannot be utilized to predict the occurrence of post-storage problems in ‘d'Anjou’ pears.