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Distribution 



Distribution 



Carlots 

 (number) 



1,045 

 689 



77 

 152 



Average 

 per carlot 

 (percent) 



3. 5 

 3. 1 



11. 1 

 2.4 



Kind of decay — Con. 

 Scab 



Bacterial blight- _. 

 Other decay 



Carlots 

 (number) 



22 

 3 



27 



Average 

 per carlot 

 (percent) 



15. 1 

 4.0 

 3. 6 



Kind of decay: 

 Bacterial soft rot. 

 Watery soft rot _ _ 



Pod spot 



Gray mold rot 



All pea inspections are summarized in table 32. Decay per carlot 

 inspected ranged from 0.1 to 1.9 percent and averaged 0.9 percent for 

 the entire period. Somewhat over half was due to bacterial soft rot 

 and one-third to watery soft rot. In the analysis by States it will be 

 noted that a majority of the shipments originated in California, but 

 that large numbers came from Washington and Colorado. For these 

 three States decay was highest (1.7 percent) in Washington shipments 

 and lowest (0.3 percent) in those from Colorado. 



Table 32. — Summaiy of -pea inspections, 1935-42 

 ANALYSIS BY YEARS 





Carlots in- 

 spected 



Per- 

 cent- 

 age of 

 car- 

 lots 

 in- 

 spect- 

 ed 

 show- 

 ing 

 decay 



Average decay J per carlot inspected 



Year or State 



Per- 

 cent- 

 age of 

 New 

 York 

 City 

 rail un- 

 loads 



Total 



Total 



of 

 decays 



Bac- 

 terial 

 soft 

 rot 2 



Wa- 

 tery 

 soft 

 rot 3 



Pod 

 spot 4 



Gray 

 mold 

 rots 



Scab « 



Bac- 

 terial 

 blight 7 



Other 

 decay 



1935 



Per- 

 cent 

 66 

 60 



57 

 51 

 48 

 54 

 45 

 31 



Num- 

 ber 

 913 

 1,765 

 1,468 

 1,155 

 1,119 

 1,139 

 829 

 288 



Per- 

 cent 

 6 



22 

 14 

 17 

 16 

 19 

 40 

 50 



Per- 

 cent 

 0.1 

 1.1 

 .5 

 .9 

 .8 

 .8 

 1.9 

 1.1 



Per- 

 cent 

 0.1 

 .8 

 .2 

 .3 

 .5 

 .5 

 .4 

 .4 



Per- 

 cent 

 Trace 

 0.2 

 Trace 

 .2 

 .2 

 .2 

 1.1 

 .6 



Per- 

 cent 

 



Trace 

 .2 

 .1 

 .1 

 .1 

 .4 



Trace 



Per- 

 cent 

 Trace 

 0.1 

 .1 

 Trace 

 Trace 

 Trace 

 Trace 

 .1 



Per- 

 cent 













 .3 



















Per- 

 cent 





 Trace 





 Trace 

 Trace 















Per- 

 cent 

 Trace 



1936 



Trace 



1937 



Trace 



1938 



Trace 



1939 







1940. 







1941 







1942 











Total 



53 



8,676 



20 



.9 



.5 



.3 



.1 



Trace 



Trace 



Trace 



Trace 













ANALYSIS 



BY STATES 















100 

 64 

 45 

 13 

 19 

 49 

 58 

 27 

 5 

 40 

 2 

 4 

 56 



25 



5,553 



714 



173 



279 



95 



15 



34 



10 



75 



6 



9 



938 



750 



24 

 17 

 16 

 20 

 21 

 18 

 27 

 26 

 10 

 27 

 17 

 11 

 30 

 29 



1.9 



!3 

 .9 

 1.1 

 1.0 

 .7 

 .4 

 .1 

 .9 

 .5 

 .1 

 1.7 

 1.4 



0.2 

 .3 

 .1 

 . 7 

 .6 

 .5 





 .1 

 .1 

 .3 

 .3 







1.1 

 .9 





 .2 

 .2 

 .1 

 .4 

 . 1 

 . 7 

 .3 





 .5 





 .1 

 .5 

 .3 



1.3 

 .1 





 Trace 





 .2 































.1 



Trace 

 Trace 

 Trace 

 0.1 

 .1 

 Trace 

 

 

 

 .1 

 .2 

 

 .1 

 .1 



0.4 

 .1 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Trace 





 Trace 













 .1 





























 Trace 







California 



Trace 



Colorado 



Trace 



Florida... 







Idaho ... 



Trace 



Mississippi. . 



.1 



Montana 







Oregon . 



Trace 



South Carolina. 



Texas 





 



Utah 













Washington... 



Trace 



Unknown 



Trace 









Total.... 



I 8,676 



20 



.9 



.5 



.3 



.1 



Trace 



Trace 



Trace 



Trace 



1 Pod spot, scab, and bacterial blight included with decay. 



2 Caused by Erivinia carotovora. 



3 Caused by Sclerotinia sp. 



4 Caused by Mycosphaerella pinodes. 



Peppers 



5 Caused by Botrytis spp. 



6 Caused by Cladosporium pisicola. 



7 Caused by Pseudomonas pisi. 



Nearly 21,000 carlots of peppers were unloaded during the 7-year 

 period. Approximately 14 percent of the unloads were rail shipments, 

 nearly 90 percent of which originated in the States covered by the 



