CELERY STORAGE EXPERIMENTS. 9 
ture, and the experimental celery was badly frozen. For this reason 
it was not graded a second time. 
Taste LV.—Relative keeping quality of celery stored at different heights in the 
storage room, as indicated by the number of stalks of the different grades in 
each of the five tiers of crates at Hornell, N. Y., when inspected on January 
22" MOS. 
Sound. Slightly decayed.| Badly decayed. Worthless. 
Total | | 
Tier. number of 
stalks. Num- Per Num- Per Num- Per Num- Per 
ber. cent. ber. cent. ber. cent. ber. cent. 
First (bottom)... ..- 428 386 90. 2 41 9.5 0 0.3 0 0 
Secon der. 412 283 68. 7 128 31.0 1 5e) 0 0 
PINTO A SS ee ae 2 426 293 68.8 131 30. 7 2 Ais) 0 0 
Mounthee ce: ee 414 216 2a 195 47.1 3 .8 0 0 
Bifthitop) = 2922. : | 434 135 ole: 192 44.2 105 24.2 2 = od) 
CELERY GROWN AT WILLIAMSON. 
The celery grown and stored at Willhamson was harvested and 
packed in the afternoon of October 23, 1914, and hauled to the storage 
house the same afternoon. This celery was large, free from disease, 
and blanched nearly enough for market. 
Five crates each of five different types were used, as follows: (1) 
Standard crate, (2) partition-ventilated crate, (3) 16-inch crate, (4) 
14-inch crate, (5) 11-inch solid-head crate. 
The crates were of the same length and depth, the difference in size 
being in width only. Each lot of five crates was piled five high, with 
3 or 4 inches between the crates in the piles. The celery was exam- 
ined on January 20, 1915, but was not graded until February 12. 
The results of this grading are given in Tables V and VI. 
TABLE V.—Relative 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 Williamson, N. Y., when inspected on February 12, 
1915. 
Sound. Slightly decayed.} Badly decayed. Worthless. 
Total 
Type ofcrate. {number of 
stalks. Num- Per Num- Per Num- Per Num- Per 
ber. cent. ber. cent. ber. cent. ber. cent. 
Dbandandmene= asso 383 146 38.0 163 42.5 61 16.0 11 3.4 
IPATihOnM sees se oe 334 207 61. 4 102 30.5 20 6.0 5 15 
Gain chee. ho! 260 152 58. 4 89 34.2 14 5.3 5 1.9 
acme ha eee es 229 146 63.7 65 28.0 12 one 6 2.6 
Meinich ere ase = =< 181 116 64.0 53 30.0 ‘9 5.0 3 1.6 
Table V shows that the best results were secured in the 11-inch 
crate and the poorest in the standard crate. The bottom crate in 
lot No. 2 was perfect and brought up the average for that lot. Why 
this particular crate was so much better than any other is not known. 
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