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Decay, averaging 16.4 percent per carlot showing decay, was found 

 in 19 carlots, or 7 percent of those inspected. The decay in all 

 instances was bacterial soft rot. 



A summary of all radish inspections is given in table 35. Decay 

 per carlot inspected ranged from to 4 percent and averaged 1.1 

 percent for the entire period. The most decay was found in Texas 

 shipments and the least in those from Virginia. 



Table 35. — Summary of radish inspections, 1935-42 

 ANALYSIS BY YEARS 





Carlots inspected 



Percentage 



of carlots 



inspected 



showing 



decay 





Year or State 



Percentage 



of New 

 York City 

 rail unloads 



Total 



Average 

 decay • per 



carlot 

 inspected 



1935 



Percent 

 22 

 41 

 41 

 32 

 46 

 37 

 21 

 39 



Number 

 8 

 69 

 55 

 34 

 38 

 38 

 11 

 25 



Percent 

 

 6 

 7 



12 

 

 11 

 18 

 4 



Percent 







1936 



.6 



1937 



1.2 



1938 . 



2.7 



1939 







1940 



1.5 



1941 



4.0 



1942 



.6 







Total 



37 



278 



7 



]. 1 









ANALYSIS BY STATES 









Florida 



48 

 75 

 34 



37 

 100 

 99 

 42 



5 

 12 



1 

 10 



1.3 



Texas . .. . ___________________ 



2.4 





Trace 





.6 











Total 





278 



7 



1.1 









1 All bacterial soft rot caused by Erwinia carotovora. 



Rhubarb 



Over 3,600 carlots of rhubarb were unloaded during the 7-year 

 period. Rail shipments comprised 28 percent of all unloads. Prac- 

 tically all rail shipments were received from the States covered by 

 the present inspections. Truck shipments, chiefly from New York 

 (Long Island and elsewhere), New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, con- 

 stituted 72 percent of the unloads. 



Inspections were made on 247 carlots, or 25 percent of all rail 

 unloads. Distribution of decay within them was as follows: 



Decay class (percent) : Number 



0. 

 Trace— 4. 



5-9 



10-14__. 

 15-19___ 

 20-24___ 

 25-29___ 

 30-34___ 



Carlots in indicated 

 decay class 



Percent 



67.2 



15.8 



6. 1 



3.6 



1. 2 



. 8 



. 4 



.8 



166 

 39 

 15 

 9 

 3 

 2 

 1 

 2 



Decay class (percent) - 

 Continued 



35-39 



40-44 



45-49 



50-54 



55-59 



60-64 



Carlots in indicated 



decay class 



Number 



Percent 



2 



0.8 



2 



.8 



1 



. 4 



3 



1. 2 



1 



.4 



1 



.4 



