CELERY STORAGE EXPERIMENTS. re 
TasLE IIl.—felative keeping quality of celery stored in different types of crates, 
as indicated by the number of stalks of the different grades found in the 
several types stored at Elmira, N. Y., when inspected on February 13, 1914. 
Sound. | Slightly decayed.| Badly decayed. | Worthless. 
Total } 
Type ofcrate. numberof | 
. stalks. Num- Per Num- | Per Num- Per Num- Per 
ber cent. ber. cent. ber. cent. ber. cent. 
| 
Standards. 23-2 .25- 615 230 | 37.4 240 39.0 115 18.7 30 4.9 
Partiiiome. - =... 480 310 65.0 135 28.0 23 5.0 10 2.0 
NESTA 0 es Bae 430 335 | 77.9 78 18.0 17 4.0 0 0 
iv Sit = BYt) 300 | 81.0 60 16.2 10 2.0 0 0 
The celery harvested in 1913-14 was quite small, because a severe 
freeze on September 14 killed the outside leaves, necessitating more 
stripping than usual. Table II shows that the celery was separated 
into four grades. The sound and slightly decayed grades corre- 
sponded to those used in 1912-13. “ Badly decayed” consisted of 
celery so badly diseased that when the stalks were prepared for 
market only hearts remained. ‘“ Worthless” consisted of stalks which 
were completely decayed and therefore a total loss. The standard 
crates contained less sound and more slightly decayed, badly decayed, 
and worthless celery than any of the other crates. The largest per- 
centage of sound celery was in the 14-inch crates, followed by the 
16-inch, the partition, and the standard crates, in the order given. 
Nearly 5 per cent of the celery in the standard crate was. a total loss, 
and over 184 per cent was hearts. 
EXPERIMENTS IN 1914-15. 
In the 1914-15 experiments, the celery was secured from two dif- 
ferent localities, half being grown at Arkport and stored at Hornell, 
N. Y., and the other half being grown and stored at Williamson, 
N. Y. Records were kept to determine the relative development of 
decay in celery in crates in the different tiers. The top tier always 
showed more rot than any other. 
The celery from Arkport and Williamson was grown and handled 
under such different conditions that it seems advisable to give the 
results separately. 
CELERY GROWN AT ARKPORT. 
At Arkport six lots of five crates each were packed, as follows: 
Lot 1.—Standard crate. The celery in this lot was harvested on October 19, 
while still wet after a rain, and hauled direct to a box ear. 
Lot 2.—Standard crate. This celery was harvested on October 19, when dry, 
and left exposed to the sun for about five hours before being loaded into the 
car. 
Lot 3.—Standard crate. 
