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Inspections were made on 183 carlots, or 36 percent of all rail un- 

 loads. Distribution of decay 12 within them was as follows: 





Carlots in indicated 

 decay class 



Decay class (percent) — 

 Continued 



15-19 



20-24 



25-29 



Carlots in indicated 

 decay class 



Decay class (percent) : 







Trace-4 '___ 



5-9 



10-14 



X a ruber 



140 



33 



5 



2 



Percent 



76.5 



18.0 



2.7 



1. 1 



Number 

 



1 



2 



Percent 





 . 5 

 1. 1 



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

 in 43 carlots, or 23 percent of those inspected. Distribution of decay 

 by types was as follows: 



Distribution Distribution 



Carlots 

 (number) 



13 



17 



1 



12 



Average 

 per carlot 

 (percent) 



4. 2 



3.0 



20.0 



1.3 



Kind of decay- 

 Soil rot 



Rhizopus rot. 

 Other decay _ 



Con. 



Carlots 

 (number) 



2 

 2 

 6 



Average 

 per carlot 

 (percent) 



5. 5 

 1.0 

 1.7 



Kind of decay: 



Gray mold rot 



Bacterial soft rot_ 

 Bacterial blight. _ 

 Watery soft rot _ _ 



A summary of the lima bean inspections is given in table 15 

 all 183 carlots decay averaged 0.9 percent per carlot inspected, 

 mold rot and bacterial soft rot were of equal importance and together 



Table 15. — Summary of lima bean inspections, 1935-42 

 ANALYSIS BY YEARS 



For 

 Gray 





Carlots 

 inspected 



Per- 





Average decay • per carlot 



inspected 



























Per- 

 cent- 





age of 

 carlots 



















Year or State 



age of 

 New 

 York 

 City 

 rail 

 un- 

 loads 



Total 



spect- 

 ed 



show- 

 ing 



decay 



Total 



of 

 decays 



Gray 



mold 

 rot 2 



Bac- 

 terial 

 soft 

 rot 3 



Bac- 

 terial 

 blight 4 



Wa- 

 tery 

 soft 

 rots 



Soil 

 rot 6 



Rhi- 

 zopus 

 rot ' 



Other 



decay 





Per- 



Num- 



Per- 



Per- 



Per- 



Per- 



Per- 



Per- 



Per- 



Per- 



Per- 





cent 



ber 



cent 



cent 



cent 



cent 



cent 



cent 



cent 



cent 



cent 



1935 



37 

 46 

 55 

 17 

 49 

 49 

 65 

 8 



22 

 35 

 29 

 27 

 32 

 20 

 15 

 3 



5 



14 

 34 

 19 

 22 

 15 

 73 

 33 



0.1 

 .6 



2.2 

 .4 

 .9 

 .4 



2.0 

 .3 



0.1 

 .3 



1.4 

 .1 





 



.1 









 .2 

 .5 

 Trace 

 .7 

 .2 

 .3 































1.3 









 .1 







Trace 



.2 



.2 



.2 









 

 .3 





 Trace 

 

 

 









 Trace 

 Trace 























1936 







1937 







1938 . 



.3 



1939 







1940 







1941. . 



.1 



1942 



.3 







Total... 



36 



183 



23 



.9 



.3 



.3 



.1 



.1 



Trace 



Trace. 



.1 













ANALYSIS BY STATES 













California 



54 



11 



123 

 21 

 39 



16 0.4 

 43 2.3 

 36 1.8 



0.1 

 .7 

 .8 



Trace 

 1.0 



.7 



0.2 











0.1 

 .1 

 .1 





 .5 

 Trace 



Trace 





 Trace 



Trace 



Florida 





 .2 









Total . 





183 



23 



.9 



.3 



.3 



.1 



.1 



Trace 



Trace 



. l 









1 Bacterial blight included with decay. 



2 Caused by Botrytis spp. 



3 Caused by Erwinia carotovora. 



4 Caused by Xanthomonas phaseoli. 



5 Caused by Sclerotinia spp. 

 8 Caused by Rhizoctonin solani. 

 7 Caused by Rhizopus spp. 



12 Bacterial blight included with decay 



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