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CIRCULAR 773, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



Table 18. — Summary of broccoli inspections, 1935- 

 ANALYSIS BY YEARS 





Carlots inspected 



Percent- 

 age of 

 carlots 

 inspected 

 showing 

 decay 



Average decay i per carlot inspected 



Year, State, or month 



Percent- 

 age of 

 New 

 York 

 City 

 rail 



unloads 



Total 



Total of 



decays 



Bacterial 

 soft rot 2 



Alter- 



naria leaf 



spots 



Other 

 decay 



1935 



Percent 

 73 

 62 

 56 

 39 

 42 

 41 

 46 

 39 



Number 

 116 

 348 

 370 

 309 

 342 

 356 

 366 

 238 



Percent 

 3 

 5 

 8 



10 

 2 

 10 

 23 

 18 



Percent 

 0.2 



.6 

 1.3 

 1.7 



.1 

 1.3 

 2.2 

 1.5 



Percent 



0.2 



.4 



.8 



.8 



.1 



1.3 



2.2 



1.5 



Percent 









 .5 

 .9 



















Percent 

 



1936 



.2 



1937 







1938 







1939 . 







1940 







1941 







1942 . 











Total. 



46 



2,445 



10 



1.2 



1.0 



.2 



Trace 









ANALYSIS BY STATES 











Arizona. .... 



76 

 44 

 95 

 40 

 57 



226 

 1,888 

 54 

 159 

 73 

 45 



12 

 9 



59 

 9 



16 

 7 



0.4 



.8 



17.5 



.8 



2.3 

 .5 



0.4 

 .8 



7.9 

 .8 



2.3 

 .5 











8.7 

























Florida _. _. 



.9 



Texas. .... --.-_. 







Virginia. . 







TTn known 













Total 





2,445 



10 



1.2 



1.0 



.2 



Trace 









ANALYSIS OF ARIZONA, CALIFORNIA, AND TEXAS DATA BY MONTHS * 



January j__ _ 



51 

 44 

 40 

 30 

 24 

 27 

 33 

 46 

 56 

 63 

 52 

 51 



413 

 356 

 326 



155 



71 



13 



1 



45 



88 



135 



264 



378 



17 

 12 

 13 

 6 

 7 

 

 

 

 2 

 

 2 

 6 



1.9 

 1.0 



1.0 

 .3 

 .3 













 .1 





 .1 

 .5 



1.9 

 1.0 

 1.0 

 .3 

 .3 

 

 

 



.1 







.1 



.5 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 







February _ . _ _ 







March.. 







April 







May... .. 







June . . . . 







July 







August. . . ... 







September.. .. 







October. . 







November 







December.. ... _ _. 











Total 



45 



2.245 



9 



.8 



.8 















1 Alternaria leaf spot included with decay. 



2 Caused by Erwinia carotovora. 



3 Caused by Alternaria brassicae. 



4 28 inspections inadvertently omitted. 



Brussels Sprouts 



Nearly 2,100 carlots of brussels sprouts were unloaded during the 

 7-year period. Rail shipments constituted 28 percent of all unloads. 

 The rest were truck shipments from nearby districts, chiefly Long 

 Island, N. Y. Practically all rail unloads were California shipments. 



Inspections were made on 463 carlots, or 78 percent of all rail 

 unloads. Distribution of decay within them was as follows: 





ent): 



Carlots in indicated 

 decay class 



Decay class (percent) — 

 Continued 



20-24 



25-29 



30-34 



35-39 



Carlots in indicated 

 decay class 



ecay class (perc 

 



Trace-4 



Number 



272 



153 



14 



13 



4 



Percent 



58. 7 



33.0 



3.0 



2.8 



.9 



Nu mber 



5 



1 

 

 1 



Percent 

 1 1 



5-9 



10-14 



15-19 





, 2 



o' 



. 2 



