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CIRCULAR 7 73. U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



ANALYSIS BY YEARS 





Carlo ts 

 inspected 







Average decay ! per carlot inspected 











Per- 

 centage 











































Per- 





of car- 



















1 ear or 

 State 



centage 

 of Xew 





lots in- 

 spected 



Total 



Bacte- 

 rial 



soft 

 rot ^ 



Late 



Sclero- 



Brown 



Eusa- 



Heat 



Other 

 decay 





York 



Total showing 



of 



blight 



tium 



sunken 



num 



injury 





City 

 rail 



decay 



tecays 



rot* 



rot* 



areas 



rot 5 



(scald) 





unl': ids 























Percent 



Xumber Percent 



Percent 



Percent 



Percent 



Percent 



Percent 



Percent 



Percent 



Percent 



1936 



3 



425 



22 



0.5 



0.5 



Trace 











Trace 



Trace 



Trace 



1937 



4 



459 



43 



1.3 



1.1 



0.1 



.1 















Trace 



1938. 







490 



45 



1.1 



1.0 



.1 



Trace 











Trace 



Trace 



1939. 



3 



331 



35 



1.0 



.9 



Trae» 



Trace 



.1 











Trace 



1940 



3 



349 



42 



.9 



.9 











Trace 















1941 



2 



193 



82 



2.2 



2.1 



Trace 











.1 



Trace 







1942 



3 



287 



6fl 



.6 



.6 



Trace 











Trace 











Total.... 



3 



2. 534 44 



i 



1.0 



1.0 



Trace 



Trace 



Trace 



Trace 



Trace 



Trace 









AXALY 



SIS BY 



STATES 











Alabama.. 



5 



49 



65 



0.6 



0.4 



Trace 











0.1 



0.1 







California 



7 



175 



46 



.8 



. i 



Trace 







.1 











Trace 



Florida.... 



10 



421 



33 



.9 



.8 



0.1 



Trace 



Trace 











Trace 



Idaho 



1 



67 



42 



.5 



.3 



Trace 



















Trace 



Maine 



Trace 



11 



10 



.9 



.9 















o 











North Car- 

























olina 



10 



558 



49 



1.0 



1.0 







Trace 







Trace 



Trace 







South Car- 

























olina... 



8 



341 



58 



1.3 



1.2 



Trace 



.1 











Trace 







Texas 



41 



43 



44 



4.5 



4.5 



























Virginia. . 



14 



663 



38 



.9 



s 



.1 



Trace 







Trace 



Trace 



Trace 



Unknown. 







206 



43 



1.4 



1.3 



.1 



Trace 







Trace 



Trace 



Trace 



Total 



2,534 



44 



1.0 



1.0 



Trace 



Trace 



Trace 



Trace 



Trace 



Trace 



1 Brown sunken areas and heat injury (scald) included with decay. 



; Caused by Encinia caroiovora. * Caused by Sderotium rolfsii. 



3 Caused by Phytophthora infestans. - Caused by Fusarium spp. 



Radishes 



Over 9.200 carlots of radishes were unloaded during the 7-year 

 period. Truck shipments, chiefly from New York (Long Island and 

 elsewhere), Xew Jersey, and South Carolina, constituted 92 percent 

 of aU unloads. Only 8 percent arrived by rail. Nearly 70 percent 

 of the rail unloads were from the States covered by the present 

 inspections. 



Inspections were made on 278 carlots. or 37 percent of all rail 

 unloads. Distribution of decav within them was as follows: 





Carlots in indicated 

 decay class 



Decay class (percent) — 

 Continued 

 30-34 



35-39 



Carlots in indicated 

 decay class 



Decav class (percent) : 



0__ 



Trace—4 



5-9. _ 



Xumber Percent 



259 93. 1 

 6 2.2 

 3 1. 1 



2 . 7 

 1 . 4 

 1 . 4 

 1 .4 



Xumber Percent 



2 0. 7 

 



10-14 



15-19 



20-24 



25-29 



40-44__. 

 45-49. _. 

 50-54___ 





2 . 7 







1 . 4 



