Table 8.

Effects of container type on percent trunk circled with roots >3 mm diameter at three positions in #45 containers.

Container type	Root pruning^{^z}	% trunk circled at #3 container position (%)	% trunk circled at #15 container position (%)	% trunk circled at #45 container position (%)
AP^{^y}	Shaved	41 f^{^x}	17 f	18 b
AP^{^y}	None	82 bc	39 de	16 bc
CR	Shaved	64 de	7 f	5 ghi
CR	None	90 ab	51 bc	8 efg
FN	Shaved	23 g	7 g	11 de
FN	None	75 c	56 ab	4 hi
JP	Shaved	38.6 f	8 g	25 a
JP	None	63.6 e	64 a	13 cd
RB	Shaved	51 e	6 g	12 cd
RB	None	88 ab	54 bc	6 fgh
RT	Shaved	34 f	1 h	5 gh
RT	None	91 ab	35 e	9 def
SP	Shaved	36 f	14 f	12 cd
SP	None	74 cd	39 de	3 i
SS	Shaved	37 f	5 g	12 cd
SS	None	96 a	47 cd	19 b

↵^z Shaving removed the outer 3 cm of the #3 and #15 root ball periphery and bottom. Trees in #3, #15, and #45 containers for 7, 9, and 15 months, respectively.
↵^y See Table 1 for descriptions.
↵^x Means in a column with a different letter are statistically different at P < 0.05; n = 5.