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Decay, averaging 3.6 percent per carlot showing decay, was found 

 in 48 carlots, or 72 percent of those inspected. Distribution of decay 

 by types was as follows: 



Distribution 



Kind of decay: 

 Blue mold rot 

 Stem-end rot_ 



Carlots (number) 



27 

 21 



Average per carlot (percent) 



3.8 

 3.3 



On the basis of all carlots inspected there was an average of 1.5 

 percent of blue mold rot and 1.0 percent of stem-end rot — a total of 

 2.5 percent. 



VEGETABLE INSPECTIONS 



"Anise" (Flnocchio) u 



Nearly 1,600 carlots of "anise" were unloaded during the 7-year 

 period. A little over half arrived by truck, chiefly from New Jersey 

 and Long Island, N. Y. ; fennel, however, was included in truck un- 

 loads. Rail shipments from California comprised nearly all of the 

 other unloads. Only the latter are covered by this study. 



Inspections were made on 377 California carlots, or approximately 

 47 percent of all rail unloads. Distribution of decay within them was 

 as follows: 







Carlots in indicated 





(percent) : 



decay 



class 



Decav class 



Number 



Percent 









115 



30. 5 



Trace-4__ 





85 



22. 5 



5-9 





63 



16.7 



10-14 





28 



7.4 



15-19 





25 



6.6 



20-24 





18 



4.8 



25-29 





15 



4.0 



30-34 





4 



1. 1 



35-39 





4 



1. 1 





Carlots in 



indicated 





decay class 









ueca\ class ^percent; 







Continued 



Number 



Percent 



40-44 



5 



1.3 



45-49 



2 



.5 



50-54 



3 



. 8 



55-59 



2 



. 5 



60-64 



2 



. 5 



65-69 



1 



.3 



70-74 











75-79 



1 



.3 



80-84 



4 



1. 1 



Decay, averaging 13.2 percent per carlot showing decay, w^as found 

 in 262 carlots, or 69 percent of all inspected. Distribution of decay 

 by types was as follows: 



Distribution 



Kind of decay: 



Watery soft rot _ . 

 Bacterial soft rot. 

 Other decay 



Carlots (number) 

 173 

 143 

 3 



Average per carlot (percent) 

 11. 1 

 10. 2 

 24. 3 



A summary of all "anise" inspection data is presented in table 12. 

 Decay per carlot inspected ranged from 3.4 to 11.9 percent and aver- 

 aged 9.2 percent for the 7-year period. Over half of the decay was 

 due to watery soft rot and most of the rest to bacterial soft rot. The 

 most decay was found in February and the least in April; no inspec- 

 tions, however, wore made from June through October. 



11 The so-called "anise" of the vegetable market consists of the rounded bunched 

 blanched leafstalks of a horticultural form of Foenicvhnn vulgare Mill. Correctly 

 it should be referred to as finocchio. 



