Table 2.

The Chlorophyll Content of the Foliage of Red Maple Cultivars as a Function of Spraying with Chelated Manganese 3 and 7 Weeks Previous to Sampling on September 17, 1975.

CultivarTotal chlorophyll content*
CheckChelated manganese
Acer rubrum194.20226.09
Acer rubrum (Red Sunset’160.15242.03
Acer rubrum ‘October Glory’215.95228.99
Acer rubrum ‘Bowhall’205.80216.67
Acer rubrum ‘Armstrong’224.64227.54
Acer rubrum ‘Autumn Flame’197.10218.12
   Average199.64226.57
  • * Total chlorophyll content—Figures expressed as mg. total chlorophyll per g. of leaf tissue.