SPOILAGE OF FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES 



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Table 4. — Summary of grapefruit inspections, 1935- 

 ANALYSIS BY YEARS 





Carlots inspected 



Percent- 

 age of 

 carlots 

 inspected 



showing 

 decay 



Average decay per carlot inspected 



Year, State, or month 



Percent- 

 age of 

 New 

 York 

 City 

 rail 



unloads 



Total 



Total of 

 decays 



Blue 



mold 

 rot " 



Stem- 

 end 

 rot* 



Other 

 decay 



1935 



Percent 

 4 

 5 

 11 

 13 

 1 

 5 

 7 

 5 



Number 

 6 

 67 

 280 

 276 

 36 

 122 

 204 

 166 



Percent 

 17 

 39 

 31 

 45 

 31 

 43 

 70 

 86 



Percent 

 1.0 

 1.2 



.5 

 1.2 



.9 



L2 



2.7 



Percent 

 0.5 

 .4 

 .4 

 .7 

 .3 

 .6 

 .5 

 2.2 



Percent 

 0.5 

 .7 

 .1 

 .4 

 .1 

 .1 

 .6 

 .1 



Percent 

 



1936 



.1 



1937 



Trace 



1938 



. l 



1939 



.5 



1940. 



Trace 



1941 



.1 



1942 



.4 







Total 



6 



1,157 



51 



1.2 



.8 



.3 



.1 







ANALYSIS BY STATES 



California .... .. .... 



6 



3 



32 



52 

 529 

 564 



12 



88 

 36 

 61 

 33 



5.4 

 .8 



1.2 

 .8 



3.9 

 .4 



.8 

 .7 





 .4 

 .3 

 .1 



1.5 



Florida.. ... .. . 



Trace 



Texas 



.1 



Unknown 













Total 





1, 157 



51 



1.2 



.8 



.3 



.1 









ANALYSIS OF FLORIDA AND TEXAS DATA BY MONTHS 



January.. . 

 February.. 



March 



April 



May 



June 



July 



September 

 October... 

 November 

 December . 



Total... 



8 



169 



44 



0.7 



0.5 



0.1 



7 



131 



51 



.9 



.9 



Trace 



6 



155 



66 



1.7 



1.6 



Trace 



4 



85 



81 



1.9 



1.7 



.1 



o 



25 



88 



1.6 



1.3 



.3 



1 



5 



40 



1.6 



1.6 







3 



4 



100 



4.3 



2.8 



1.5 



13 



54 



41 



1.3 



.1 



1.2 



6 



124 



45 



1.3 



.1 



1.1 



8 



170 



36 



.5 



.1 



.4 



9 



171 



35 



.4 



.1 



.3 



G 



1,093 



49 



1.0 



.7 



.3 



0.1 

 Trace 

 .1 

 .1 

 Trace 

 

 

 

 .1 

 Trace 

 Trace 



Trace 



1 Caused by Penicillium spp. 



* Caused by Phomopsis citri and Biplodia natalensis. 



Grapes 



Nearly 55,000 carlots of grapes were unloaded during the 7-year 

 period. Approximately 91 percent were rail shipments, chiefly from 

 California. Nearly 3 percent were truck shipments from New York 

 and other nearby States. A few were boat shipments from California. 

 The other 6 percent were boat shipments, most of which came from 

 Argentina. 



Inspections were made on 3,271 carlots from California, or approxi- 



