Abstract
Nine peach rootstocks used in a nine-year experiment conducted at Biglerville, PA were evaluated based on their acceptability to generalized classes of fruit growers with different attitudes towards production risk. Tree mortality and its effect on orchard yield had a major impact on the economic performance of the root stocks evaluated. In terms of average net returns, Halford, own-rooted 'Redhaven,' Bailey, and Lovell appeared to be good rootstock choices. However, in most cases, net return variability increased as average net returns increased. Using stochastic dominance with respect to a function techniques, Halford, own-rooted 'Redhaven,' and Bailey were ranked consistently in the top three across all risk preference intervals. Replacement of trees did not have a major impact on the preference ranking of a rootstock. The rootstocks Amandier, St. Julien, Damas, Siberian C, and 'Citation' performed very poorly compared to the other root stocks in the trial.
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Claims 6
Claim · model-written summary
Tree mortality strongly affected orchard yield and rootstock economics.
- Taxon
- Peach
Prunus persicat0 - Material
- root stockse0
- Outcome
- economic performancee0
Not reportedDirection
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Verbatim
e0“Tree mortality and its effect on orchard yield had a major impact on the economic performance of the root stocks evaluated”
t0“PeachRootstocks”
Claim · model-written summary
Halford, own-rooted Redhaven, Bailey and Lovell were good choices by average net returns.
- Taxon
- Peach
Prunus persicat0 - Material
- Halford, own-rooted 'Redhaven,' Bailey, and Lovelle0
- Outcome
- good rootstock choicese0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Verbatim
e0“In terms of average net returns, Halford, own-rooted 'Redhaven,' Bailey, and Lovell appeared to be good rootstock choices”
t0“PeachRootstocks”
Claim · model-written summary
Net return variability usually increased with average net returns.
- Taxon
- Peach
Prunus persicat0 - Outcome
- net return variabilitye0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Comparator
- average net returnse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Verbatim
e0“in most cases, net return variability increased as average net returns increased”
t0“PeachRootstocks”
Claim · model-written summary
Halford, own-rooted Redhaven and Bailey ranked in the top three across risk intervals.
- Taxon
- Peach
Prunus persicat0 - Material
- Halford, own-rooted 'Redhaven,' and Baileye0
- Outcome
- ranked consistently in the top threee0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Verbatim
e0“Halford, own-rooted 'Redhaven,' and Bailey were ranked consistently in the top three across all risk preference intervals”
t0“PeachRootstocks”
Claim · model-written summary
Tree replacement did not materially change preference rankings.
- Taxon
- Peach
Prunus persicat0 - Treatment
- Replacement of treese0
- Outcome
- preference ranking of a rootstocke0
- Direction
- did not have a major impacte0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Verbatim
e0“Replacement of trees did not have a major impact on the preference ranking of a rootstock”
t0“PeachRootstocks”
Claim · model-written summary
Amandier, St. Julien, Damas, Siberian C and Citation performed poorly relative to other rootstocks.
- Taxon
- Peach
Prunus persicat0 - Material
- Amandier, St. Julien, Damas, Siberian C, and 'Citation'e0
- Outcome
- performed very poorlye0
- Comparator
- the other root stocks in the triale0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Verbatim
e0“The rootstocks Amandier, St. Julien, Damas, Siberian C, and 'Citation' performed very poorly compared to the other root stocks in the trial”
t0“PeachRootstocks”