BULLETIN 579, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
The celery used in the experiments during the four years was 
grown and stored in western Xew York. Each experimental lot was 
packed in the field and graded in the storage house by representatives 
of the Department of Agriculture. In every instance the celery used 
was free from disease and was so handled that the different lots were 
comparable. Each year's results are given separately, as the length 
of the storage period was not the same and the celery was not stored 
in the same house every year. 
The crates used in the experiments were as follows : 
(1) The standard crate, which ranges in size from 22 by 22 to 24 by 24 inches, 
although generally measuring 22 by 23 or 23 by 24 inches. 
(2) The partition-ventilated crate, which is the standard crate with a 
ventilated partition through the center, as shown in figures 1 and 2. This 
partition is made by nail- 
ing three or four slats on 
each side of 1 or 1\ inch 
posts. The slats and posts 
are the same size as those 
used for the sides and 
ends of the crates. 
(3) The 16-inch crate, 
16 inches wide and the 
same length and depth as 
the standard crate. 
(4) The 14-inch crate, 
14 inches wide and the 
same length and depth as 
the standard crate. 
(5) The 10-inch crate, 
10 inches wide and the 
same length and depth as 
the standard crate. 
(6) The 11-inch solid- 
head crate, 11 inches wide. 
24 inches long, and 24 
inches deep. 
In 1912-13 the stand- 
ard, the partition-ven- 
tilated, and the 10-inch crates were used. In 1913-14, 1914-15, and 
1915-16 the standard and partition-ventilated crates were used, but 
the 10-inch crate was discarded after the first year, because it was 
too small for practical purposes. Each year after 1912-13 the 14-inch 
and the 16-inch crates were used. 
Figure 3 shows a 14-inch, a 16-inch, and a partition-ventilated crate 
filled with celery. The 11-inch solid-head crate was used at William- 
son in 1914-15 and at Williamson and Hornell in 1915-16. In every 
case where the partition crate is mentioned, the reference is to the 
standard crate with the ventilated partition in the center. 
Fig, 1. 
PI359HP 
-Partition crate used in the celery storage experi- 
ments. 
