SPOILAGE OF FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES 



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Nectarines 



Over 1.000 carlots of nectarines were unloaded during the 7-year 

 period. Approximately 74 percent were rail shipments from Cali- 

 fornia, which arrived from June through September. The other 

 26 percent were winter boat shipments from Chile. 



Inspections were made on 78 California carlots, or approximately 

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

 as follows: 



Carlots in indicated 

 decay class 



Decav class (percent) 



o_: 



Trace-4 



Xumber 

 46 

 30 

 1 



Percent 



59.0 



38. 5 



1. 3 



Carlots in indicated 

 decay class 



Decay Class (percent)— dumber Percent 



Continued 



10-14 



15-19 1 1.3 



Decay, averaging 1.5 percent per carlot showing decay, was found 

 in 32 carlots, or 41 percent of those inspected. Distribution of decay 

 by types was as follows: 



Distribution 



Distribution 



Kind of decay: 

 Rhizopus rot__ 

 Grav mold rot . 



Carlots 

 (number) 



12 

 11 



Average 

 per carlot 

 (percent) 



1. 9 

 1. 1 



Kind of decay — Con. 

 Brown rot 



Other decav 



Average 



Carlots per carlot 



(number) (percent) 



8 1.4 



6 . 3 



A summary of all nectarine inspections is given in table 6. Small 

 amounts of both rhizopus rot and brown rot were rather consistently 

 prevalent; an unusually high amount of the former was found in 1942. 

 The total of all decays averaged 0.6 percent per carlot inspected. 



Table 6. — Summary of nectarine inspections, 1935-42 1 





Carlots inspected 



Percent- 

 age of 

 carlots 

 inspected 

 showing 

 decay 



Average decay per carlot inspected 



Year 



Percent- 

 age of 

 New 

 York 

 City 

 rail 



unloads 



Total 



Total 



of 

 decays 



Rhizo- 

 pus 

 rota 



Gray 

 mold 

 rot 3 



Brown 

 rot* 



Other 

 decay 



1935. 



1936 



1937 



1938 



Percent 



8 

 11 



6 

 11 



8 

 23 



5 

 20 



Xumber 

 8 

 8 

 8 

 9 

 9 



18 

 6 



12 



Percent 

 13 

 38 

 50 

 11 

 

 56 

 83 

 67 



Percent 

 0.4 

 .6 

 .6 

 .2 

 

 .7 

 .5 

 1.4 



Percent 



0.1 

 .3 

 .2 









 .1 

 .2 



1.3 



Percent 





















 .6 

 Trace 







Percent 

 0.3 

 .2 

 .4 

 .2 

 

 

 .2 

 .1 



Percent 

 

 .1 

 

 



1939... 







1940 







1941 



. 1 



1942 .. 



Trace 



Total..... 







10 1 78 



41 



.6 



.3 



.15 



. 15 Trace 



1 All from California. 



2 Caused by Rhizopus spp. 



8 Caused by Botrytis spp. 

 4 Caused by Monilinia spp. 



Oranges 



Over 137,000 carlots of oranges were unloaded during the 7-year 

 period. Sixty-one percent were rail shipments, of which nearly two- 

 thirds came from California, approximately one-third from Florida, 

 and a few from Arizona and Texas. Boat shipments, chiefly from 



