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on ground that would drench, but we have never had a great 

 deal of loss. Our celery usually lasts us up to the middle or 

 20th of February, and by that time we want to get rid of it, 

 anyway. We have no trouble at all keeping it up to that time. 

 This year, so far, I don't think we have thrown out a dozen 

 stalks of our celery. 



A Member. Do you grow any winter crops in your green- 

 houses? 



Mr. Garrahan. Two crops of lettuce and one of cabbage. 



A Member. Did you ever try freezing your houses instead 

 of sterilizing? 



Mr. Garrahan. No, because we have the lettuce planted 

 early in the fall, and when we get that crop off another crop 

 comes on, and about the time the lettuce is all cleaned off we 

 need the houses for the cabbage plants. 



A Member. Where do you sell your crops? 



Mr. Garrahan. Largely in the city markets. All our crops 

 are sold practically in the local markets of the city of Wilkes 

 Barre. Wilkes Barre is a city of 70,000, and we have a popula- 

 tion within a radius of 9 miles of 250,000. We have Scranton, — 

 only 18 miles away, — and the Scranton suburban population 

 runs close on to 200,000. We have the cities of Hazelton and 

 Pottsville and other surrounding cities, and we ship out in 

 the winter a good deal of celery to the outlying towns, but 

 practically all our early stuff is sold right down in our local 

 markets. 



A Member. What is the price of the best celery at this 

 time of the year? 



Mr. Garrahan. We have been getting |L20 for early celery 

 up to last week, when I raised the price to $L40 per dozen. 



A Member. How many heads in a bunch? 



Mr. Garrahan. Three to four stalks in a bunch, depending 

 on the size of the celery. 



A Member. How much will those bunches weigh per dozen? 



Mr. Garrahan. Well, that will vary a good deal. I don't 

 know exactly. Take in the summer time, when you get the big 

 heavy White Plume, a dozen of them will make an armful, so I 

 could hardly say what they weigh. 



