SPOILAGE OF FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES 9 



Distribution Distribution 



Average Average 



Carlots per carlot Carlots per carlot 



Kind of decay : (number) (percent) Kind of decay — Con. (number) (percent) 



Rhizopus rot 294 1.9 Gray mold rot 225 1.5 



Green mold rot 342 1.5 Blue mold rot 85 1.5 



Brown rot 203 1.7 Other decay 44 .8 



A summary of all cherry inspections is presented in table 3. All 

 carlots inspected were western sweet cherries, and approximately 75 

 percent were from Washington. Decay per carlot inspected ranged 

 from 1.1 to 6.2 percent, with an average of 2.4 percent for the entire 

 period. Somewhat more spoilage was due to rhizopus rot than to any 

 other type of decay, but nearly as much was caused by green mold rot. 

 Blue mold rot accounted for the least spoilage. Decay was greatest 

 in cherries from Oregon and least in those from Idaho. 



Table 3. — Summary of cherry inspections, 1936-42 

 ANALYSIS BY YEARS 





Carlots 

 inspected 



Per- 

 centage 



of 

 carlots 



in- 

 spected 

 show- 

 ing 

 decay 



Average decay per carlot inspected 



Year or State 



Per- 

 centage 



of 

 New 

 York 

 City 

 rail un- 

 loads 



Total 



Total 



of 

 decays 



Rhi- 

 zopus 

 rot ' 



Green 

 mold 

 rot 2 



Brown 

 rot 3 



Gray 

 mold 

 rot* 



Blue 

 mold 

 rot 5 



Other 

 decay 



1936 



Percent 

 9 

 8 

 18 

 21 

 31 

 28 

 19 



Number 

 48 

 28 

 103 

 139 

 178 

 186 

 119 



Percent 

 100 

 89 

 85 

 58 

 81 

 96 

 100 



Percent 

 6.2 

 3.5 

 2.7 

 1.1 

 1.6 

 2.9 

 2.0 



Percent 



1.6 



1.4 



.7 



.1 



.4 



1.3 



.2 



Percent 

 0.9 



.8 

 1.0 



.4 

 1.0 



.5 



.1 



Percent 

 2.1 

 1.1 

 .3 

 .1 

 .1 

 .5 

 .4 



Percent 

 1.3 

 .1 

 .7 

 .1 

 .1 

 .3 

 1.1 



Percent 



0.3 



.1 



Trace 



.3 



Trace 



.3 







Percent 

 



1937 







1938- . 



Trace 



1939 



.1 



1940 . 



Trace 



1941 



Trace 



1942 



.2 







Total 



20 



801 



85 



2.4 



.7 



.6 



.45 



.45 



.2 



Trace 







ANALYSIS BY STATES 



California 



Idaho 



2 

 59 

 30 

 38 



42 

 80 

 76 

 599 

 4 



81 

 79 

 76 

 87 

 100 



2.2 

 2.1 

 3.4 

 2.3 

 2.0 



0.3 

 .6 

 .9 

 .7 

 .8 



0.2 

 .6 

 .5 

 .7 

 .2 



1.2 

 .5 



1.0 

 .3 

 .5 



0.3 

 .3 

 .8 

 .4 

 .5 



0.1 

 .1 

 .2 

 .2 







0.1 

 Trace 



Oregon. .. 



Trace 



Washington 



Trace 

 









Total 





801 



85 



2.4 



.7 



.6 



.45 



.45 



.2 



Trace 









1 Caused by Rhizopus spp. 



» Caused by Alternaria and Cladosporium spp. 



3 Caused by Monilinia spp. 



* Caused by Botrytis spp. 

 J Caused by Penicillium spp. 



Figs 



Figs were inspected in 1940 and 1941 only. During that period only 

 192 carlots, all from California, were unloaded. Inspection was made 

 on 18 carlots, or 9 percent of all unloads. The distribution of decay 

 within them was as follows: 



Carlots in indicated decay class 



Decay class (percent) : 



Trace— 4 



5-9 



10-14 



Nu mber 



Percent 



11 



61. 1 



6 



33.3 



1 



5.6 



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