SPOILAGE OF FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES 



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entire period. Decay tended to be most prevalent during the first 

 5 months of the year, but the one carlot inspected in July Lad 45.0 

 percent of gray mold rot. 



Table 13. — Summary of globe artichoke inspections, 1935-42 1 

 ANALYSIS BY YEARS 





Carlots inspected 



Percent- 

 age of 

 carlots in- 

 spected 

 showing 

 decay 



Average decay per carlot 

 inspected 



Year or month 



Percent- 

 age of 

 New 

 York 

 City rail 

 unloads 



Total 



Total of 

 decays 



Gray 

 mold rot 2 



Other 

 decay 



1935 



Percent 

 15 

 23 

 35 

 18 

 33 

 24 

 29 

 9 



Number 

 4 

 60 

 64 

 41 

 121 

 53 

 55 

 32 



Percent 

 25 



88 

 80 

 93 

 81 

 75 

 96 

 100 



Percent 

 0.8 

 5.9 

 5.1 

 8.2 

 6.5 

 5.2 

 9.7 

 3.7 



Percent 

 0.8 

 5.4 

 5.1 

 8.2 

 6.4 

 5.2 

 9.7 

 3.7 



Percent 

 



1936 . 



.5 



1937 







1938. 







1939 



.1 



1940... 







1941 







1942 







Total 



23 



430 



85 



6.4 



6.3 



.1 







ANALYSIS BY MONTHS 



January.., 

 February.. 



March 



April 



May 



June 



July 



September. 



October 



November. 

 December. 



Total. 



11 



13 



69 



8.2 



8.2 



15 



28 



100 



13.5 



13.5 



22 



110 



95 



6.6 



6.3 



31 



161 



87 



6.5 



6.4 



32 



65 



82 



5.1 



5.1 



6 



1 



100 



1.0 



1.0 



100 



1 



100 



45.0 



45.0 



43 



3 



100 



3.3 



3.3 



27 



16 



56 



1.6 



1.6 



16 



17 



71 



3.3 



3.1 



13 



15 



33 



1.6 



1.6 



23 



430 



85 



6.4 



6.3 



All from California. 



2 Caused by Botrytis spp. 



Asparagus 



Over 9,900 carlots of asparagus were unloaded during the 7-year 

 period. Shipments by rail constituted 47 percent of all unloads; 53 

 percent were truck shipments from a number of States, of which New 

 Jersey was by far the most important. Approximately 87 percent of 

 the rail unloads originated in California and the rest chiefly in South 

 Carolina. 



The present study covers the 4 inspection of 1,252 California carlots, 

 or 31 percent of the New York City unloads from that State. Distri- 

 bution of decay within them was as follows: 







Carlots in indicated 







Carlots in 



indicated 





(percent) : 



decay class 



Decay class (percent) — 



decay class 



ccav class 



Number Percent 



Number 



Percent 









499 39. 9 



Continued 









Trace-4_. 





519 41. 5 



25-29 





5 



0.4 



5-9 





160 12. 8 



30-34 





5 



.4 



10-14 





24 1.9 



35-39 





2 



. 2 



15-19.__. 





18 1.4 



40-44 





3 



. 2 



20-24 





17 1.4 











