Deli ex Sabah had the highest M/F range of 40 - 73 while
NIFOR Main Station, near Benin City, Nigeria in three NIFOR ex UP Malaya Deli recorded the highest mean of
s 59.59. The mean shell to fruit (S/F) ratio of all the Deli
progenies exceeded those of their parents (Fig. 6). Very
low S/F was recorded by NIFOR ex UP Malaya Deli. The
distribution of the progenies in kernel to fruit (K/F) ratio
is indicative of continuous variation (Fig.7). The mean for
the five Deli parents ranged from 8.48 to 11.60 with NIFOR
ex Serdang Avenue ranking highest for K/F