10 BULLETIN 579, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
The difference between the keeping quality of the celery stored in 
this house and that stored at Hornell is probably due to the condi- 
tions under which it was handled before reaching the storage houses. 
The celery stored at Hornell was shipped from Arkport and had a 
chance to heat before being unloaded, while the celery at Williamson 
was hauled direct from the field to the storage house. 
“Taste VI—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 the several tiers at Williamson, N. Y., when inspected on February 
12, 1915. 
Sound. Slightly decayed.| Badly decayed. Worthless. 
Total ELS He PEL NOT i Dea wens 
Tier. number of | 
stalks. Num- Per Num- Per Num- Per Num- | Per 
ber. cent. ber. cent. ber. cent. ber. cent. 
First (bottom)... . 284 188 62.7 87 30.6 11 4.6 8 2.7 
eCOnd ease ceesios: 273 160 58.6 70 25.6 31 11.4 12 4.4 
UM ithe lees Sees. 268 161 60. 0 84 31.3 17 6.3 6 2.2 
Hounthee sees eee cee 271 147 54. 2 107 39.1 16 5.9 2 ark 
Fifth (top).-...---- 278 111 40.0 124 44.6 41 14.7 2 ard 
The difference between the keeping quality of celery in the bottom 
and in the top tiers was not so great at Williamson as at Hornell, due 
probably to the location of the refrigerating pipes. In the William- 
son house all of the pipes are overhead, while in the Hornell house. 
they are on the side walls and over the alleyways. There is less dif- 
ference in temperature at different heights in the rooms of a house 
with overhead refrigeration than in a house where the refrigration 
is on the side walls and over the alleys. 
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EXPERIMENTS IN 1915-16. 
The celery used in the 1915-16 experiments was grown at William- 
son and stored at Williamson and Hornell, N. Y. Both lots of celery 
were grown in the same field, handled in the same way, and harvested 
on October 21, 1915. 
The following types of crates were used both at Hornell and at 
Williamson: (1) Standard crate, (2) partition-ventilated crate, (3) 
16-inch crate, (4) 14-inch crate, (5) 11-inch solid-head crate. 
CELERY STORED AT HORNELL. 
The celery stored at Hornell was loaded into a refrigerator car in 
the forenoon of October 22 and shipped the same day. The car was 
iced on October 20, reiced at Rochester, and reached Hornell on 
October 25, with the bunkers from one-half to two-thirds full of ice. 
The celery was unloaded in the forenoon of October 26 and piled 
immediately. 
