STORAGE OF FRUITS, VEGETABLES, AND FLORISTS' STOCKS 47 



Table 8. — Recommended temperature, relative humidity, and approxi- 

 mate length of storage period for cut flowers, florists' greens, 

 rhizomes, tubers, corms, and bulbs- ' 



-Continued 



Commodity 



Cut flowers: J — Continued 

 Narcissus : 



Daffodil 



Paperwhite 



Orchid 



Peony, Chinese and common: 



Tight buds 



Loose buds 



Phlox, garden 



Poinsettia 



Primrose, baby 



Rose 



Snapdragon, common 



Snowdrop 



Squill 



Statice (sea-lavender) 



Stevia 



Stock, common 



Strawflower 



Sweet pea 



Tulip 



Violet, sweet 



Florists' greens: 1 . 



Asparagus, fern and smilax 



Ferns: 



Common woodf ern 



Dagger 



Galax 



Groundpine (Lycopodium) 



. Holly (Ilex opaca) 



Huckleberry 



Leucothoe, drooping 



Mountain-laurel 



Rhizomes, tubers, corms, and bulbs: 



Begonia, tuber 



Caladium, spotted 



Calla, common and golden 



Canna 



Crocus 



Dahlia 



Freesia 



Gladiolus 



Hyacinth 



Lily: 



Easter 



Regal 



Lily-of-the- valley 



Narcissus : 



Daffodil 



Paperwhite 



Peony 



Snowdrop 



Squill 



Taro 



Tuberose 



Tulip 



o p^ 



33-36 

 33-36 

 45-50 



35 



35 



40 



50 



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 



32-35 

 32-35 



25-28 



55-60 

 75-80 

 40-45 

 55-60 

 55-60 

 45 

 40-45 

 50-55 



Approximate length 

 of storage period 



1 to 2 weeks. 



Do. 

 1 week. 



3 to 4 weeks. 

 10 to 14 days. 

 3 to 4 days. 



Do. 



Do. 

 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. 



6 to 8 months. 



Do. 

 12 to 17 months. 



to 6 months, 

 to 7 months, 

 to 7 months, 

 to 6 months. 



Do. 



Do. 

 to 8 months, 

 to 6 months. 



1 Approximately 80 percent relative humidity. 



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



