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CIRCULAR 7 7 3, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



Decay, averaging 4.7 percent per carlot showing decay, was found 

 in 753 carlots, or 60 percent of those inspected. The distribution of 

 decay by types was as follows: 



Distribution Distribution 



Average 

 per carlot 

 (percent) 



4. 5 



3.7 



Carlots 

 (number) 



Average 

 per carlot 

 (percent) 



15 



2.7 



62 



2.5 



Kind of decay: (number) (percent) Kind of decay — Con. 



Bacterial soft rot 676 4. 5 Blue mold rot 



Phytophthora rot___ 81 3.7 Other decay 



A summary of all asparagus inspections is given in table 14. Bac- 

 terial soft rot was regularly the most important decay; it was most 

 prevalent in 1942. Phytophthora rot was not reported before 1940; 

 it was most prevalent in 1941. Bacterial soft rot, and therefore total 

 of decay, was most prevalent from March through May. Phytoph- 

 thora rot was reported in March, April, and May (trace only). An 

 average of 2.8 percent decay occurred during the entire period. 



Table 14. — Summary of asparagus inspections, 1935-42 1 



ANALYSIS BY YEARS 





Carlots inspected 



Percent- 

 age of 

 carlots 

 inspected 



showing 

 decay 



Average decay per carlot inspected 



Year or month 



Percent- 

 age of 

 New 

 York 

 City 

 rail un- 

 loads 2 



Total 



Total 



of 

 decays 



Bacterial 

 soft 

 rot 3 



Phytoph- 

 thora 

 rot* 



Blue 

 mold 

 rot 5 



Other 

 decay 



1935 



Percent 

 83 

 35 

 37 

 21 

 39 

 36 

 21 

 24 



Number 

 10 

 205 

 205 

 90 

 196 

 288 

 144 

 114 



Percent 

 

 46 

 45 

 69 

 50 

 75 

 57 

 94 



Percent 

 



1.5 

 1. 1 

 3.3 

 1.8 

 3.9 

 2.5 

 7.4 



Percent 

 



1.1 

 1.0 

 2.6 

 1.7 

 3.4 

 1.6 

 7.0 



Percent 























.5 

 .9 

 .3 



Percent 







.1 



Trace 



.1 



Trace 







Trace 







Percent 

 



1936 



.3 



1937 



.1 



1938 



.6 



1939 



1940. 



.1 

 Trace 



1941 







1942 . 



.1 



Total 



31 



1,252 



60 



2.8 



2.4 



.3 



Trace 



.1 



ANALYSIS BY MONTHS 



February __ . . . 



32 

 30 

 30 

 38 

 18 

 17 



13 



239 



823 



163 



6 



8 



23 

 44 

 64 

 71 

 

 25 



0.4 

 1.3 

 3.0 

 4.6 

 

 .1 







.8 

 2.6 

 4.2 

 



.1 





 .4 

 .3 

 Trace 













 

 Trace 

 .1 

 

 



0.4 



March 



April. 



.1 

 .1 



May. . .-. 



.3 



October 



November ... 





 







Total.... 



31 



1,252 



oO 



2.8 



2.4 



.3 



Trace 



.1 







1 All from California. 



2 Based on California unloads only. 



3 Caused by Erwinia carotovora. 



* Caused by Phytophthora spp. 

 5 Caused by Penicilhum spp. 



Beans (Lima) 



Over 4,400 carlots of domestic lima beans were unloaded during the 

 7-year period. Eighty-eight percent of all unloads were truck ship- 

 ments from many States; a large part of these originated in New 

 Jersey and New York (including Long Island and other New York 

 districts). The other 12 percent were rail shipments, of which 82 

 percent originated in California or Florida, the only States covered 

 by the inspections. 



