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Table 26. — Summary of endive inspections, 1935-42 



ANALYSIS BY YEARS 





Carlots inspected 



Percent- 

 age of 

 carlots 

 inspected 

 showing 

 decay 



Average decay per carlot 

 inspected 



Year or State 



Percent- 

 age of 

 New 

 York 

 City rail 

 unloads 



Total 



Total of 

 decays 



Bacterial 

 soft rot ' 



Watery 

 soft rot 2 



Other 

 decay 



1935 .. 



Percent 

 97 

 67 

 56 

 57 

 65 

 61 

 71 

 46 



Number 

 31 

 97 

 70 

 67 

 80 

 74 

 120 

 68 



Percent 

 42 

 72 

 80 

 70 

 65 

 45 

 80 

 71 



Percent 

 5.8 

 16.2 

 17.3 

 12.7 

 9.2 

 6.6 

 11.2 

 10.7 



Percent 

 2.5 

 14.9 

 16.3 

 12.2 

 8.2 

 6.0 

 10.6 

 7.1 



Percent 



3.3 



1.3 



1.0 



.1 



.3 







.6 



3.6 



Percent 

 



1936... 







1937 







1938 



.4 



1939. .. 



.7 



1940 



.6 



1941 







1942.. 



Trace 







Total ._ . 



62 



607 



68 



11.7 



10.4 



1.1 



.2 







ANALYSIS BY STATES 



Arizona . 



30 

 66 

 13 

 39 



15 

 561 



5 



18 

 8 



67 

 69 

 60 

 61 

 58 



8.1 

 12.0 

 6.0 

 4.2 

 16.3 



7.8 

 10.7 

 6.0 

 4.2 

 12.6 



0.3 



1.1 











3.7 







California 



.2 

 



Texas 







Unknown.. . 













Total 





607 



68 



11.7 



10.4 



1.1 



.2 









Caused by Erwinia carotovora. 



2 Caused by Sclerotinia spp. 



EsCAROLE 



Over 10,500 carlots of escarole were unloaded during the 7-year 

 period. Rail shipments, practically all of which originated in Florida, 

 constituted 34 percent of all unloads. Truck shipments, chiefly from 

 New York, New Jersey, and to a much less extent from Florida, ac- 

 counted for nearly all of the other 66 percent. 



Inspections were made on 322 Florida carlots, or 9 percent of all 

 rail unloads. Distribution of decay within them w T as as follows: 





Carlots in indicated 







Carlots in indicated 





decay class 



Decay class (percent- 



decay class 



Decay class (percent) : 



Number Percent 



— ) Number 



Percent 







137 42. 5 



Continued 







Trace— 4 



76 23. 6 



45-49__. 





3 



0.9 



5-9 



30 9.3 



50-54__. 





8 



2. 5 



10-14 



17 5.3 



55-59__. 













15-19 



5 1. 6 



60-64. _. 





1 



.3 



20-24 



10 3. 1 



65-69__. 





1 



.3 



25-29 



13 4.0 



70-74__. 





2 



. 6 



30-34 



6 1. 9 



75-79__. 





1 



.3 



35-39 



3 .9 



80-84__. 





1 



.3 



40-44 



8 2.5 











Decay, averaging 14.6 percent per carlot showing decay, was found 

 in 185 carlots, or 57 percent of those inspected. Distribution of decay 

 by types was as follows: 



Distribution 



Kind of decay: 



Bacterial soft rot 

 Watery soft rot _ . 

 Other decay 



Carlots (number) 



166 

 17 

 17 



Average per carlot (percent) 



14. 1 



19. 2 



2.0 



