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CIRCULAR 



3. U. 8. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



Decay, averaging 11.2 percent per carlot showing decay, was found 

 in 81 carlots. or 33 percent of those inspected. Distribution of 

 decay by types was as follows: 



Kind of decay 

 Bacterial soft rot 

 Grav mold rot 



Distribution 





Areraoe 



Carlo's 



per carlot 



(number) 



(percent) 



rot 5-i 



11. 1 



13 



11.8 



Distribution 



Kind of decay — Con. 

 Watery soft rot__. 

 Other decav 



Average 



Carlots per carlot 



(number) (percent) 



16 7.0 



7 6.3 



A summary of all rhubarb inspections is given in table 36. Decay 

 per carlot inspected averaged 3.7 percent for the entire period, with 

 the least (0) in 1935 and the most (6.1 percent) in 1936. Nearly two- 

 thirds of the decay was bacterial soft rot. The most decay occurred 

 in shipments from Michigan. 



Table 36. — Summary of rhubarb inspections, 1935-42 



ANALYSIS BY YEARS 



Carlots inspected | Average decay per carlot inspected 



Percent- ■ — — 



age of 

 carlots ' 



■*?££?' Total Water ^ Bacterial! <*™J other 

 ! SeS? ofdeeays sofrroTl sofTroT2 rot? I decay 



Year or State 



Percent- 

 age of 

 >>ew 

 York 

 City rail 

 unloads 



Total 



1935. 

 1936. 

 1937. 

 1338. 



1939. 

 1940. 

 1941. 

 1942. 



Percent Xi.rr.ber Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent 



Total. 



7v 



14 























33 



41 



46 



6.1 



.8 



4.2 



.1 



15 



19 



32 



3.7 



.4 



3.3 







12 



10 



50 



4.5 



.3 



40 



.2 



19 



26 



35 



5.4 



2.0 



1.6 



1.8 



30 



59 



22 



1.9 



Trace 



1.9 



Trace 



35 



67 



37 



3.S 



.3 



2.5 



1.0 



10 



11 



36 



3.3 











3.3 



25 



247 



33 



3.7 



.5 



2.4 



.6 



ANALYSIS BY STATES 



California 



66 

 5 



12 



192 

 28 



11 

 16 



24 

 75 

 55 



44 



3.2 

 6.4 

 3.2 

 18 



0.6 







.1 

 .3 



2.0 



0.6 

 .8 





 .2 



Trace 



Michigan 





 





2.6 









Total 





247 



33 



3.7 



. 5 



2.4 



.6 



.2 









1 Caused by Sclerotinia spp. 

 - Caused by Eruinia carototora. 

 s Caused by Botrytis spp. 



Shallots 



Approximately 900 carlots of shallots were unloaded during the 

 7-year period. All were rail shipments from Louisiana. 



Inspections were made during 1936 and 1939-42 on 131 carlots. 

 These represented 17 percent of unloads for those years, or 15 percent 

 of all rail unloads for the entire 7-year period. 



