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GARDEN FARMING 



covered with earth, and has only pitch enough to shed water. If 

 the roof is too steep, it will be difficult to hold the earth cover in 

 place. A more permanent house is shown in figure 82. The in- 

 terior of a celery storage house with the celery in place is illus- 

 trated in figure 83. 



Cold storage. Within recent years a large part of the autumn 

 crop of celery grown in some of the Eastern states has been placed 

 in cold storage at harvest time. The chief requirements for the suc- 

 cessful storing of celery are well-grown, disease-free stock, careful 



FIG. 83. Interior of celery storage house, showing celery in place 



harvesting, and quick storage. The crates used for storage should 

 be small, holding from four to six dozen bunches ; if larger ones 

 are used, they should be provided with ventilators in the bottom, by 

 which the temperature of the contents can be quickly lowered to 

 that of the storage room and perfect aeration be insured. The 

 crates should be ricked so as to aid in securing a free circulation 

 of air and so that the moisture thrown off by the contents of one 

 crate will not affect the contents of others above it. As a rule the 

 crates should not be piled more than four or five tiers high. The 

 temperature of the room should be reduced as quickly as possible 



