STORING CELERY III 



If boxes are employed, one set may be filled while 

 the wagon is at the storehouse unloading and loss of 

 time will be avoided. In placing the celery in the 

 boxes care must be taken that it is neatly packed 

 with all roots in the bottom of the box. Upon reach- 

 ing the storehouse the celery is removed from the 

 wagon and placed in piles near where it is to be 

 stored, or if in boxes these can be set near at hand. 

 Beginning at the end of one of the divisions, a small 

 furrow is opened in the soil by means of a spade, 

 and the celery is set upright in this furrow, and the 

 soil well firmed about the roots. The soil in the 

 storehouse should be rather moist at the time the 

 celery is brought in and it may be necessary to 

 water a little from time to time by inserting, the 

 end of a hose between the plants and applying the 

 water to the roots. After the storehouse is filled, 

 constant ventilation should be maintained by means 

 of openings near the ridge, and the temperature 

 should be kept as nearly 36° F. as possible, care 

 being taken, however, that the celery does not be- 

 come frozen. 



Cold Storage. — Celery may be kept in cold stor- 

 age for several weeks, but storing in this manner is 

 not profitable on a large scale owing to the space 

 required to accommodate a comparatively small 

 amount of the rough product. Celery that has been 

 iced will not keep so well after its removal from the 

 storap^e. 



