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Kind of decay: 



Bacterial soft rot of 



leaves 



Bacterial soft rot of 



curd 



Distribution 



Distribution 



. Iverage 



Average 



Carlots per carlot 



Carlots per carlot 



{number) {percent) 



Kind of decay — Con. (number) {percent) 





Watery soft rot of 



324 5. G 



curd 63 3.0 





Alternaria rot of curd. 9 5.6 



319 3. 5 



Other decay 28 3.5 



A summary of all cauliflower inspections is presented in table 22. 

 Decay per carlot inspected ranged from 0.4 to 1.2 percent, with an 

 average of 0.7 percent for the entire period. Bacterial soft rot of 

 leaves and curd accounted for most of it. When only the three 

 States represented by more than a relatively few inspections were 

 considered, decay was lowest (0.6 percent) in cauliflower from Cali- 

 fornia and highest (2.1 percent) in that from Colorado. 



Table 22. — Summary of cauliflower inspections, 1935-42 

 ANALYSIS BY YEARS 





Carlots 

 inspected 



Per- 

 centage 



of car- 

 lots in- 

 spected 

 showing 



decay 



Average decay per carlot inspected 



Year, State, or month 



Per- 

 centage 

 of Xew 



York 



City 



rail 

 unloads 



Total 



Total 



of 

 decays 



Bacte- 

 rial soft 

 rot of 

 leaves 2 



Bacte- 

 rial soft 

 rot of 

 curd ' 



Watery 



soft rot 

 of curd 2 



Alter- 

 naria 

 rot of 

 curd 3 



Other 

 decay 



1935 



Percent 

 69 

 60 

 62 

 61 

 54 

 55 

 54 

 39 



Number 

 177 

 895 

 788 

 777 

 652 

 592 

 444 

 271 



Percent 

 10 

 8 

 14 

 16 

 19 

 11 

 22 

 29 



Percent 

 0.5 

 .4 

 .7 

 1.0 

 1.2 

 .4 

 .6 

 .9 



Percent 

 0.1 

 .2 

 .5 

 .7 

 .7 

 .2 

 .1 

 .2 



Percent 

 0.2 

 .2 

 .1 

 .3 

 .3 

 .2 

 .5 

 .7 



Percent 



Trace 



Trace 



0.1 



Trace 



.2 







Trace 



Trace 



Percent 





 Trace 

 Trace 

 Trace 













 Trace 



Percent 

 0.2 



1936 



Trace 



1937 



Trace 



1938 



Trace 



1939 ._ 



Trace 



1940 



Trace 



1941 



Trace 



1942 



Trace 







Total 



57 



4,596 



15 



.7 



.4 



.2 



.1 



Trace 



Trace 







ANALYSIS BY STATES 



Arizona 



California . 



49 

 62 

 47 

 40 

 38 



395 

 3,900 



211 

 10 

 36 

 44 



12 

 15 

 23 



30 

 6 

 18 



1.2 

 .6 



2.1 



1.8 

 .2 



1.2 



0.6 

 .3 



1.4 





 .1 



1.1 



0.4 

 .2 

 .6 



1.3 

 .1 

 .1 



0.1 

 .1 

 

 

 

 





 Trace 

 .1 









 Trace 



0.1 

 Trace 



Colorado 







Oregon. .. . 



.5 



Washington 







Unknown . ... 













Total. 





4,596 



14 



.7 



.4 



.2 



.1 



Trace 



Trace 









ANALYSIS OF CALIFORNIA DATA BY MONTHS 



January. .. 

 February.. 



March 



April 



May 



June 



August 



September. 



October 



November. 

 December. 



Total. 



63 



515 



24 



1.2 



0.7 



0.5 



Trace 



Trace 



59 



664 



20 



.9 





.4 



0.1 



Trace 



59 



898 



12 



.3 





.1 



.1 



Trace 



61 



753 



15 



.6 





.1 



.1 







65 



506 



6 



.2 





.1 



Trace 







73 



83 



2 



.1 

















100 



1 



























71 



5 



60 



4.8 



4.0 



.8 











75 



3 



























64 



30 



3 



.1 



.1 















67 



442 



12 



.5 



.2 



.3 



Trace 



Trace 



62 



3,900 



15 



.6 



.3 



.2 



.1 



Trace 





 Trace 

 Trace 

 Trace 

 Trace 





















 Trace 



Trace 



Caused by Erwinia carotorora. - Caused by Sclerotinia spp. 3 Caused by Alternaria brassicae. 



