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CIRCULAR 773, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



Florida but including many from' California and a few from Texas, 

 made up most of the remaining 39 percent. A few scattered carlots 

 came by truck from Florida and by boat from abroad. 



Inspections were made on 1,034 carlots, or approximately 1 percent 

 of all rail unloads. Distribution of decay within them was as follows 



Carlots in indicated 

 decay class 



Decay class (percent) : Number Percent 



524 50. 7 



Trace-4 466 45.1 



5-9 36 3.5 



10-14 8 .8 



Decay, averaging 2.2 percent per carlot showing decay, was found 

 in 510 carlots, or 49 percent of those inspected. Distribution of decay 

 by types was as follows: 



Distribution 



Kind of decay : Carlots (number) Average per carlot (percent) 



Blue mold rot 321 2.1 



Stem-end rot 211 1.6 



Other decay 62 1.8 



Table 7. — Summary of orange inspections, 1935-42 



ANALYSIS BY YEARS 





Carlots inspected 



Percent- 

 age of 

 carlots in- 

 spected 

 showing 

 decay 



Average decay per carlot inspected 



Year, State, or month 



Percent- 

 age of 

 New 

 York 

 City rail 

 linloads 



Total 



Total of 

 decays 



Blue 

 mold rot ] 



Stem-end 

 rot 2 



Other 

 decay 



1935 



Percent 



0.4 



2 



5 



3 

 .1 

 .1 

 .4 



Number 



21 



225 



374 



329 



15 



18 



52 



Percent 

 71 

 52 

 45 

 43 

 27 

 94 

 88 



Percent 

 1.8 

 1.1 

 1.1 

 1.1 

 .9 

 1.1 

 1.1 



Percent 

 1.6 

 .8 

 .6 

 .6 

 .8 

 .5 

 .7 



Percent 

 

 .3 

 .4 

 .2 

 .1 

 .5 

 .3 



Percent 

 0.2 



1936 



Trace 



1937 



.1 



1938 



.3 



1940 







1941 



.1 



1942 



.1 







Total . 



1 



1,034 



49 



1.1 



.7 



.3 



.1 









ANALYSIS BY STATES 











California 



0.1 

 3 



62 



970 



2 



61 

 48 

 50 



1.5 

 1.0 

 4.1 



1.4 

 .6 



4.0 





 .3 



.1 



0.1 



Florida 



.1 















Total 





1,034 



49 



1.1 



.7 



.3 



.1 









ANALYSIS OF FLORIDA DATA BY MONTHS 



January 



February.. 



March 



April 



May 



June 



July 



September- 

 October 



November. 

 December.. 



Total. 



3 



113 



61 



1.3 



1.1 



0.2 



3 



97 



62 



1.5 



1.2 



. 2 



4 



167 



37 



.8 



.5 



.1 



3 



98 



38 



.9 



.6 



.1 



2 



86 



41 



.8 



.5 



.2 



2 



49 



73 



1.8 



.9 



.9 



1 



9 



89 



1.4 



.9 



.5 



100 



2 



















9 



90 



48 



1.1 



.2 



.8 



4 



140 



46 



.8 



.1 



.6 



4 



119 



47 



1.0 



.6 



.4 



3 



970 



48 



1.0 



.6 



.3 



Trace 



0.1 

 .2 

 .2 

 .1 















.1 



.1 



Trace 



1 Caused by Penkillium spp. 



2 Caused by Phomopsis citri and Diplodia natalensis. 



