Table 6. Comparison of macro mineral contents of apple varieties and apple Hongro varieties by regions

Sample	Varieties	Ca	P	Na	K	Mg
Sample	Varieties	(mg/100 g)	(mg/100 g)	(mg/100 g)	(mg/100 g)	(mg/100 g)
Apple	SummerKing	3.25±0.09^b¹⁾	10.72±0.13^d	1.96±0.01^b	164.01±0.84^b	2.06±0.07^c
	Tsugaru	2.45±0.06^c	9.96±0.14^e	3.08±0.10^a	131.79±1.17^d	2.36±0.06^b
	Jahong	3.31±0.05^b	13.12±0.22^a	1.33±0.04^c	181.14±1.01^a	2.34±0.03^b
	Arisoo	6.04±0.07^a	11.59±0.10^b	1.16±0.02^d	97.28±0.95^e	2.55±0.04^a
	Hongro	2.42±0.06^c	11.00±0.14^c	3.07±0.05^a	158.83±1.87^c	1.68±0.09^d
Apple(Hongro var.)	Chuncheon	2.89±0.11^c	9.13±0.16^f	3.36±0.08^b	157.63±1.69^c	1.83±0.14^c
	Pocheon	2.54±0.04^d	9.57±0.20^e	2.73±0.04^e^f	141.88±2.53^e	0.98±0.04^f
	Cheongju	3.02±0.03^b	12.67±0.07^a	3.28±0.03^b	159.91±2.43^c	1.78±0.26^c
	Yesan	3.15±0.06^a	12.83±0.05^a	2.65±0.13^f	175.83±1.05^b	2.30±0.05^a
	Jangsu	1.28±0.05^g	10.14±0.04^d	2.91±0.03^d	193.66±2.54^a	2.15±0.05^b
	Jangseong	1.55±0.05^f	11.54±0.22^b	3.14±0.07^c	156.74±1.08^c	1.30±0.04^e
	Yeongcheon	2.63±0.07^d	10.52±0.20^c	3.65±0.01^a	135.76±1.73^f	1.55±0.06^d
	Geochang	2.29±0.09^e	11.57±0.21^b	2.81±0.05^d^e	149.23±1.92^d	1.51±0.05^d

¹⁾All values are expressed as mean±SD of triplicate determinations. Means with different superscripts within a each column (a-g) are significantly different at p<0.05 by Duncan’s multiple range test.