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Nearly half were truck shipments from a number of States, of which 

 New Jersey and New York were by far the most important; a few 

 were boat shipments. 



Inspections were made on 10,218 carlots, or 38 percent of all rail 

 unloads. Distribution of decay 23 within them was as follows: 





Carlots in 



indicated 





Carlots in 



indicated 





decay class 



Decay class (percent) — 



decay class 



Decay class (percent) : 



Number 



Percent 



Number 



Percent 







1,945 



19.0 



Continued 







Trace— 4 



6,200 



60.7 



45-49 



4 



Trace 



5-9 



1,523 



14.9 



50-54 



5 



Trace 



10-14 



339 



3.3 



55-59 



1 



Trace 



15-19 



102 



1.0 



60-64 



2 



Trace 



20-24 



47 



. 5 



65-69 



2 



Trace 



25-29 



19 



. 2 



70-74 











30-34 



17 



. 2 



75-79 



1 



Trace 



35-39 



7 



. 1 



80-84 



1 



Trace 



40-44. 



Trace 



Decay, averaging 3.8 percent per carlot showing decay, was found 

 in 8,273 carlots, or 81 percent of those inspected. Distribution of 

 decay by types was as follows: 





Distribution 





Distribution 







Average 



Average 





Carlots 



per carlot 





Carlots per carlot 



Kind of decay: 



(number) 



(percent) 



Kind of decay — Con. 



(number) (percent) 



Bacterial soft rot__ 



_ 6,342 



2.8 



Cladosporium rot___ 



239 3. 9 



Rhizopus rot 



. 1,457 



2.2 



Pleospora rot 



231 3. 1 



Alternaria rot 



755 



3. 1 



Blossom-end rot 



301 1. 9 



Late blight rot 



_ 658 



2.2 



Buckeye rot 



41 3.0 



Phoma rot_ 



507 

 576 



2.4 

 2. 



Fusarium rot 



Other decay 



32 2. 5 



Soil rot_ 



485 1. 5 



Virus mottling 



175 



6. 1 





The results of all tomato inspections are summarized in table 38. 

 Decay per carlot inspected ranged from 2.3 to 3.4 percent and aver- 

 aged 2.9 percent for the entire period. Somewhat less than two-thirds 

 of the decay was due to bacterial soft rot. Rhizopus rot and alternaria 

 rot were next in importance. 



About 85 percent of all carlots inspected were from California, 

 Florida, and Texas. When these three States are considered, decay 

 was lowest in carlots from Florida and highest in those from Cali- 

 fornia. Pleospora rot was found only in shipments from California; 

 most of the virus mottling was reported in shipments from California. 



23 Virus mottling included with decay. 



