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celery temperature at the same heights in the room, it will be seen 
that the celery averaged 2.7 degrees higher than the air. Figure 8 
shows graphically the air temperature at different heights in the 
storage room for the storage period. October 26, 1915, to January 
21. 1916. 
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Fig. 8. — Diagram showing the temperature of the air at different heights in the storage 
room during the storage period from October 26, 1915, to January 21, 1916. 
Table XVII shows the average temperature of the celery in the 
standard and partition crates at the same height (third tier) and 
the air temperature at different heights for the storage period of 
1911-15. 
Table XVII. — Averaae temperature of celery in standard and partition erates 
at the height of the third tier and of the air at different heights in the 
storage house at Horn-ell, N. Y., for the storage period of 1914-15. 
Tier. 
Air tern- 
"SSSSfj Trpe of crate, 
heights. 
Celery tem- 
perature 
(third tier). 
First (bottom) 
31.5 
32.1 
33.9 
Standard 
°F. 
36.2 
Third 
Partition 
34.2 
Fifth (top) 
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Table XVII shows that the average air temperature at the height 
of the third tier was 0.6 of 1 degree higher and at the height of the 
fifth tier 2.1 degrees higher than at the height of the first tier. The 
average temperature of the celery in the standard crate was 2 de- 
grees higher than that in the partition crate and 1.1 degrees higher 
than the air at the same height (fig. 5). Figure 9 shows graphically 
the air temperature at different heights in the storage room for the 
storage period. October 21, 1914, to February 8. 1915. 
The rate of cooling of celery in standard crates at different heights 
in the storage house in 1915-16 is shown in figure 10. which indicates 
that the temperature began to drop in the bottom crate sooner than 
in the third-tier and top crates. A comparison of figures 1 and 10 
shows that the temperature of the celery placed in storage October 
