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Table 8. — Summary of -peach inspections, 1935-42 

 ANALYSIS BY YEARS 





Cars inspected 



Percent- 

 age of 

 carlots 

 inspected 

 showing 

 decay 



Average decay per carlot inspected 



Year or State 



Percent- 

 age of 

 New 

 York 

 City rail 

 unloads 



Total 



Total of 

 decays 



Brown 

 rot i 



Rhizopus 

 rot 2 



Other 

 decay 



1935. 



Percent 

 13 

 12 

 14 

 9 

 4 

 11 

 15 

 15 



Number 

 404 

 369 

 314 

 298 

 94 

 237 

 296 

 246 



Percent 

 39 

 27 

 56 

 50 

 28 

 42 

 78 

 78 



Percent 

 1.4 



. 7 

 1.9 

 2.8 



.5 

 1.3 

 3.5 

 2.8 



Percent 

 0.7 



.3 

 1.5 

 2.3 



.3 

 1.1 

 2.1 

 1.7 



Percent 

 0.6 

 .4 

 .4 

 .5 

 .2 

 .2 

 1.3 

 1.0 



Percent 

 0.1 



1936 



Trace 



1937 







1938 . 



Trace 



1939.. 







1940 



Trace 



1941 . 



. l 



1942... 



. l 







Total . 



11 



2,258 



50 



1.9 



1.3 



.6 



Trace 







ANALYSIS BY STATES 



Arkansas... .. . 



50 

 14 

 33 



9 

 29 

 23 

 18 

 18 

 63 

 12 



7 

 15 

 23 



5 



78 



8 



1,191 



6 



5 



32 



434 



5 



20 



204 



138 



14 



118 



60 

 88 

 88 

 52 

 50 

 40 

 9 

 49 

 80 

 20 

 48 

 27 

 14 

 53 



2.6 

 10.0 

 1.5 

 1.9 

 1.3 

 .4 

 .2 

 1.5 

 1.0 

 1.5 

 1.4 

 1.0 

 .2 

 1.7 



2.0 



8.1 

 .1 



1.2 

 .8 

 .4 







1.0 

 .6 

 .8 

 .9 

 .6 

 .1 



1.0 



0.6 



1.7 



1.3 



.7 



.5 







.2 



.5 



.2 



. 7 



.4 



.2 



.1 



.7 









.2 



Colorado 



.1 



Georgia ... . . ... 



Trace 



Illinois. . .. .. .. ... 







Maryland ... .. 







New York .. 







North Carolina 



Trace 



Ohio 



.3 



Pennsylvania . 







South Carolina.. 



.1 



Virginia . 



.3 



West Virginia 







Unknown . 



Trace 









Total 





2,258 



50 



1.9 



1.3 



.6 



Trace 









1 Caused by Monilinia spp. 



2 Caused by Rhizopus spp. 



Pears 



Approximately 23,000 carlots of domestic pears were unloaded 

 during the 7-year period. About 1,400 carlots arrived by boat, 

 chiefly from Argentina. Rail shipments accounted for 87 percent of 

 the domestic unloads; practically all of them were from California, 

 Washington, and Oregon. Eleven percent were truck shipments, 

 chiefly from New York; 2 percent came by boat from California. 



Inspections were made on 1,405 rail carlots, or 7 percent of all rail 

 unloads. Distribution of decay within them was as follows: 







Carlots in indicated 





Carlots in 



indicated 





(percent) : 



decay class 



Decav class (percent) — 



decay 



class 



ecay class 



Number Percent 



Number 



Percent 









461 32. 8 



Continued 







Trace—4_ 





702 50. 



20-24 



12 



0.9 



5-9 





167 11.9 



25-29 



2 



. 1 



10-14___ 





37 2. 6 



30-34 



1 



. 1 



15-19___ 





22 1. 6 



35-39 



1 



. 1 



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

 in 944 carlots, or 67 percent of those inspected. Distribution of 

 decay by types was as follows: 



