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Table 23. — Summary of celery inspections, 1935- 



AXALYSIS BY YEARS 





Carlots in- 

 spected 



Per- 

 cent- 

 age of 

 carlots 



in- 

 spected 

 show- 

 ing 

 decay 



Average decay ' per carlot inspected 



Year, State, or month 



Per- 

 cent- 

 age of 

 New 

 York 

 City 

 rail un- 

 loads 



Total 



Total 



of 

 decays 



Wa- 

 tery 



soft 

 rot 2 



I/ate 

 blight* 



Bac- 

 terial 

 soft 

 rot of 

 leaves 4 



Bac- 

 terial 



soft 

 rot of 



staiKS * 



Black- 

 heart 



Early 

 blight 5 



Other 

 decay 



1935 



Per- 

 cent 

 20 

 17 

 16 

 16 

 17 

 23 

 28 

 22 



Num- 

 ber 

 272 

 573 

 599 

 573 

 536 

 726 

 811 

 667 



Per- 

 cent 

 19 

 54 

 65 

 70 

 65 

 62 

 62 

 60 



Per- 

 cent 

 1.5 

 4.2 

 7.2 

 10.1 

 6.7 

 7.2 

 7.9 

 5.2 



Per- 

 cent 

 0.1 

 .9 

 1.8 

 3.1 

 3.0 

 2.3 

 2.7 

 2.3 



Per- 

 cent 

 Trace 

 0.2 

 1.3 

 4.3 

 1.5 

 1.9 

 2.8 

 1.8 



Per- 

 cent 

 1.0 

 2.2 

 2.4 

 1.9 

 1.4 

 2.2 

 1.5 

 .9 



Per- 

 cent 

 0.1 

 .3 

 1.0 

 .3 

 .3 

 .3 

 .3 

 .1 



Per- 

 cent 

 0.2 

 .5 

 .6 

 .3 

 .5 

 .5 

 .2 

 Trace 



Per- 

 cent 

 0.1 

 .1 

 Trace 

 .2 

 Trace 

 

 .3 

 Trace 



Per- 

 cent 







1936 . 







1937 



.1 



1938 



Trace 



1939 







1940 







1941 



.1 



1942 



.1 







Total 



20 



4,757 



60 



6.6 



2.2 



1.9 



1.7 



.3 



.4 



.1 



Trace 







ANALYSIS BY STATES 



California 



Florida . 



41 

 10 

 4 

 59 



3,206 



1,131 



213 



10 

 197 



64 

 50 

 58 

 60 

 56 



7.6 

 4.2 

 5.4 

 4.8 

 7.0 



2.6 

 1.4 

 1.3 

 .1 

 1.6 



2.5 

 .8 

 .3 





 .4 



1.8 

 1.1 

 3.0 

 3.8 

 3.4 



0.3 

 .3 



.5 

 .9 

 1.5 



0.4 

 .2 

 .1 





 .1 



Trace 

 0.4 

 .1 

 



Trace 



Trace 



Trace 



1 



Washington 





 Trace 









Total 





4,757 



60 



6.6 



2.2 



1.9 



1.7 



.3 



.4 



.1 











ANALYSIS OF CALIFORNIA DATA BY MONTHS 



January. .. 

 February.. 



March 



April 



May 



June 



July 



September 

 October. . . 

 November 

 December. 



Total.... 



46 



784 



73 



9.9 



3.7 



3.9 



1.3 



0.3 



0.7 



Trace 



46 



210 



79 



20.6 



5.9 



10.4 



3.6 



.4 



.2 







44 



82 



76 



23.2 



4.6 



10.9 



6.3 



1.3 



.1 







40 



34 



74 



14.1 



5.9 



5.5 



1.3 



1.2 



.2 







41 



54 



70 



13.5 



2.7 



5.9 



4.4 



.1 



.4 



Trace 



33 



150 



72 



11.5 



2.9 



3.4 



4.2 



.1 



.9 







12 



16 



81 



13.7 



5.4 







8.3 















100 



1 



100 



20.0 











10.0 



10.0 











60 



15 



47 



4.5 



1.9 







2.4 







.2 







40 



569 



55 



3.7 



1.3 



Trace 



1.9 



.2 



.3 



Trace 



41 



1,291 



57 



3.8 



1.7 



.6 



.9 



.2 



.4 



Trace 



41 



3,206 



64 



7.6 



2.6 



2.5 



1.8 



.3 



.4 



Trace 



ANALYSIS OF FLORIDA DATA BY MONTHS 



January... 

 February.. 



March 



April 



May 



June 



November 

 December. 



Total.... 



13 



124 



24 



1.1 



0.7 



0.2 



0.1 



Trace 



Trace 







10 



199 



29 



1.3 



.3 



.2 



.2 







0.1 



.5 



10 



232 



32 



1.8 



.6 



.4 



.3 



.2 



Trace 



.3 



9 



248 



72 



5.6 



2.2 



.9 



1.6 



.7 



.1 



.1 



12 



268 



68 



7.1 



2.2 



1.4 



1.7 



.2 



.7 



.9 



8 



51 



86 



12.9 



2.7 



4.2 



4.8 



.3 



.3 







100 



1 



































14 



8 



13 



.1 











.1 















10 



1,131 



50 



4.2 



1.4 



.8 



1.1 



.3 



.2 



.4 



1 Early blight, late blight, and the nonparasitic trouble blackheart included with decay. 



2 Caused by Sclerotinia spp. * Caused by Erwinia carotovora. 

 * Caused by Septoria spp. * Caused by Cercospora apii. 



