AbstractsBiology & Animal Science

Quebec celery growers have always experienced considerable difficulty in keeping their produce for any length of time incold storage. At the best, celery growing and subsequent storage have been considered somewhat of a gamble. Growershave found that the storage life of celery varies from year to year, depending on climatic and cultural conditions duringgrowth, and upon other factors entering into the harvesting and storage of this commodity. They have also found that certainvarieties will keep better than others, and that celery from some localities will keep better than celery from others. Adifference in keeping quality has also been found with celery from different parts of the same field.