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CIRCULAR 773, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



Cottony leak and watery soft rot, each responsible for one-fourth of 

 the spoilage, were next in importance. Bacterial spot was reported 

 only during 1937-39. Decay was fairly uniform in shipments from 

 the different States except Texas; it was considerably higher in 

 shipments from that State. Most of the carlo ts inspected, however, 

 came from Florida. 



Endive (Chicory) 



Nearly 4,700 carlots of endive were unloaded during the 7-year 

 period. Truck shipments, most of which originated in New York 

 (Long Island and elsewhere) and New Jersey, constituted 79 percent 

 of all unloads. Rail shipments, almost entirely from the States 

 covered by these inspections but chiefly from California, made up 

 21 percent of the unloads. 



Inspections were made on 607 carlots, or 62 percent of all rail 

 unloads. Distribution of decay within them was as follows. 



Carlots in indicated 

 decay class 





Carlots in indicated 





decay class 



ecay class (percent) : 



Number Percent 







192 31. 6 



Trace-4 



104 17. 1 



5-9 



104 17. 1 



10-14 



47 7. 7 



15-19 



37 6. 1 



20-24 



24 4. 



25-29 



17 2. 8 



30-34 



16 2.6 



35-39 



3 . 5 



40-44 



7 1. 2 



45-49 



8 1.3 



Decay class (percent) — Number 

 Continued 



50-54 12 



55-59 5 



60-64 10 



65-69 5 



70-74 8 



75-79 3 



80-84 3 



85-89 1 



90-94 1 



Percent 



2.0 

 .8 



1. 6 

 .8 



1. 3 

 . 5 

 .5 

 .2 

 .2 



Decay, averaging 17.1 percent per carlot showing decay, was re- 

 ported from 415 carlots, or 68 percent of those inspected. Distri- 

 bution of decay by types was as follows: 



Distribution 



Kind of decay: Carlots {number) 



Bacterial soft rot 389 



Watery soft rot 44 



Other decay 10 



Average per carlot (percent) 



16.3 

 14. 6 

 12.9 



All endive inspections are summarized in table 26. Bacterial 

 soft rot was responsible for most of the decay reported each year 

 except 1935. Watery soft rot was reported each year except 1940 

 and was most prevalent in 1942. Decay per carlot inspected ranged 

 from 5.8 to 17.3 percent and averaged 11.7 percent for the entire 

 period. Carlots from California showed more decay than those from 

 Arizona, Florida, or Texas; however, only a few carlots from the last 

 three States were inspected. 



