STORAGE OF FRUITS, VEGETABLES, AND FLORISTS' STOCKS 41 



CUT FLOWERS, FLORISTS' GREENS, RHIZOMES, TUBERS, 

 CORMS, AND BULBS 



By T. M. Whiteman, assistant horticulturist 



The recommended temperature, relative humidity, and approximate 

 length of storage period for the commercial storage of cut flowers, 

 florists' greens, rhizomes, tubers, corms, and bulbs are given in table 

 7. Detailed descriptions of these requirements are given in the text. 



Table 7. — Recommended temperature, relative humidity, and approximate length 

 of storage period for cut flowers, florists' greens, rhizomes, tubers, corms, and 

 bulbs 



Commodity 



Cut flowers: » 



Babysbreath 



Bouvardia, sweet 



Butterflybush, or- 

 ange-eye. 

 Calendula (pot mari- 

 gold). 

 Calla, common and 

 golden. 



Candytuft 



Carnation: 



Full bloom 



Buds 



China-aster 



C hry santhemum 



Clarkia 



Columbine 



Cornflower 



Crocus 



Dahlia 



Daisy, English 



Delphinium: 



Hardy larkspur.. 



Annual larkspur.. 



Feverfew 



Forget-me-not, true... 



Foxglove, common 



and common white. 



Freesia 



Gaillardia, common 

 perennial. 



Gardenia 



Gladiolus... , 



Heath... , 



Hyacinth 



Iris, Dutch 



Laceflower, blue 



Lily: 



Easter 



Goldband 



Regal 



Speciosum.. , 



Lily-of-the-valley 



Lupine 



Narcissus: 



Daffodil... 



Paperwhite 



Orchid 



Peony, Chinese and 

 common: 



Tight buds 



Loose buds 



Phlox, garden 



Poinsettia 



Tem- 

 pera- 

 ture 



40 



40 



33-40 

 33-40 

 40 

 35 

 40 

 40 

 40 

 33-36 

 40 

 40 



40 

 40 

 40 

 40 

 40 



33-36 

 40 



45-50 

 35 

 40 



33-36 

 33 

 40 



35 



35 

 35 

 35 

 40 

 40 



33-36 

 33-36 

 45-50 



Approximate 

 length of stor- 

 age period 



3 to 4 days. 

 7 to 10 days. 

 3 to 4 days. 



3 to 6 days. 



10 days. 



3 to 6 days. 



7 to 10 days. 

 10 to 15 days. 

 7 to 10 days. 



2 weeks. 



3 to 6 days. 

 3 to 4 days. 

 3 to 6 days. 



1 to 2 weeks. 

 7 to 10 days. 

 3 to 6 days. 



Do. 



3 to 4 days. 



3 to 6 days. 



3 to 4 days. 



Do. 



1 to 2 weeks. 

 3 to 6 days. 



1 week. 



2 weeks. 



7 to 10 days. 

 1 to 2 weeks. 

 1 week. 



3 to 6 days. 



1 month. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 

 1 week. 

 3 to 6 days. 



1 to 2 weeks. 



Do. 

 1 week. 



3 to 4 weeks. 

 10 to 14 days. 

 3 to 4 days. 

 Do. 



Commodity 



Cut flowers—Continued. 



Primrose, baby. 



Rose 



Snapdragon, com- 

 mon. 



Snowdrop 



Squill.. 



Statice (sea lavender) 



Stevia 



Stock, common 



Strawflower 



Sweet pea 



Tulip 



Violet, sweet 



Florists' greens: » 



Asparagus, fern and 



smilax. 

 Ferns: 



Common wood- 

 fern. 



Dagger 



Galax 



Groundpine (Lycopo- 



dium sp.). 

 Holly (Ilex opaca 

 Ait.). 



Huckleberry 



Leucothoe, drooping. 



Mountain-laurel 



Rhizomes, tubers, corms, 

 and bulbs: 2 



Begonia, tuber 



Caladium, spotted... 

 Calla, common and 

 golden. 



Canna. 



Crocus 



Dahlia. 



Freesia 



Gladiolus 



Hyacinth 



Lil y-of-the- valley 



Lily: 



Easter... 



Regal... 



Narcissus: 



Daffodil 



Paperwhite 



Peony 



Snowdrop.. 



Squill 



Taro _ 



Tuberose. 



Tulip 



Tem- 

 pera- 



°F. 



40 



35-40 



40 



33-36 



33-36 



35-40 



40 



40 



35-40 



40 



33-36 



33-36 



40-45 



32-45 



32-45 

 32-45 

 32-45 



32 



32-40 

 32-40 

 32-40 



45 

 45 

 35 



40-45 

 55-60 

 40-45 

 55-60 

 40-50 

 55-60 

 25-28 



35 

 35 



55-60 

 75-80 

 40-45 

 55-60 

 55-60 

 45 

 40-45 

 50-55 



Approximate 

 length of stor- 

 age period 



3 to 4 days. 

 1 week. 

 3 to 6 days. 



1 to 2 weeks. 

 Do. 



3 to 6 weeks. 

 3 to 4 days. 

 3 to 6 days. 

 3 to 6 weeks. 

 3 to 4 days. 

 1 to 2 weeks. 

 3 to 6 days. 



7 to 10 days. 



2 weeks to 4 

 months. 



Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 



1 month. 



3 to 6 weeks. 



Do. 

 Do. 



4 to 6 months. 



Do. 

 6 to 8 months. 



6 to 7 months. 

 4 to 6 months. 



6 to 7 months. 

 4 to 6 months. 



7 to 8 months. 

 4 to 6 months. 

 12 to 17 months. 



6 to 8 months. 

 Do. 



4 to 6 months. 



5 to 7 months. 



6 to 7 months. 

 4 to 6 months. 



Do. 



Do. 

 6 to 8 months. 

 4 to 6 months. 



1 Approximately 80 percent relative humidity. 



2 Approximately 75 percent relative humidity; for individual species see text. 



