1408 The Vegetable Industry in New York State 



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Fig. 451. — Attractively Packed 

 Celery Ready for Market 



taken off in the Held ; that the celery was carefully harvested and 



all the dirt removed from the roots • — thereby keeping it clean — 



and that the crate was packed 

 with uniform stalks on the out- 

 side and each one with the best 

 face side of the stalk on the out- 

 side. We will also find that it 

 is packed in a crate of good 

 appearance. 



We can pack the same way 

 and when we do we will be paid 

 for it. I know of one instance 

 where a dealer in one of our 

 large markets paid a large sum 

 each day for drawing away dirt 

 and trimmings that should have 

 been removed from the celery in 

 the field before it was shipped. 

 The grower must pay for this 



extra labor, and the sooner we come to understand this the better 



for us all. 



SHIPPING AND MARKETING 



We must also give more care to the loading of our celery when 

 shipping by freight in refrigerator cars. Always use a crate that 

 will load so that air spaces, each one three inches wide, will extend 

 from one ice bunker to the other. Always slat the crate on the 

 top so that the top crate will not drop into the lower one while 

 in transit. Never let the celery become wilted before loading into 

 cars, and start the car with temperature down. If it is warm in 

 the car when loaded, cool by using salt on the ice in the bunker 

 and when cool refill bunker with ice. Always mark the crates so 

 that the trade can see who puts it up. A catchy name means 

 nothing to the trade, but a good, honest package will bring the 

 trade your way. 



Now we come to the distribution. We send our celery to a 

 few large markets and keep them glutted most of the time, while 

 there are thousands of smaller towns that never receive a ship- 

 ment from the grower. I am not in a position to state how to 

 bring about better methods of distribution and hope that some one 

 will soon find a way that will help us all along that line. 



