CHAPTER XIII 



Marketing 



THE general practice at present is to market the 

 crop direct from the field where grown. In the 

 North, the last of the crop may be held for a short 

 time by trenching, but this portion is generally in 

 the cars and on its way to market before freezing 

 weather sets in. Very little of the northern product 

 is available after December 15, and is followed by 

 the California crop which supplies the market until 

 that grown in Florida is ready for use. In this way 

 the marketing period for celery begins about the 

 first week in August, and continues until some time 

 in April. 



Methods of Preparing Celery for Market. Two 

 methods of shipping celery are in general use, the 

 one termed "shipping in the rough," by which the 

 outside leaves only are removed and the bunches 

 shipped without washing, and the other by which 

 the bunches are trimmed, washed, and tied in 

 bundles of one dozen each before shipment. Celery 

 packed in the rough will withstand long distance 

 shipment better than that which has been trimmed 

 and washed, the outside leaves helping to keep the 

 inner ones fresh and free from injury. The rough 

 celery must be trimmed, washed, and bunched 

 either by the commission merchant or the retail 

 dealer, but in either case the celery reaches the cus- 

 tomer in a comparatively fresh condition. For 



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