RESULTS

A. Effects of maturity on growth and some physiological disorders.

Table 1. Weight in pounds per plot of celery harvested at three stages of
 maturity.

Estimated Total Trimmed Weight
Maturity weight weight of waste

 Experiment 1

1 week before 100.4 68.8 31.6
optimum 120.3 83.3 37.0
1 week after 132.0 74.2 57.8

Significance ** 1/ ** **

 Experiment 2

1 week before 87.9 58.7 29.2
optimum 101.8 63.8 38.0
1 week after 109.9 77.3 32.6

Significance ** "* **

1/ Significance:
 = Probability of a real difference 19 to 1 or more but less .than 99 to 1.
 ** = Probability of a real difference 99 to 1 or more.
 NS = Not significantly different.


Table 2. Some physiological disorder of celery harvested at three stages of
 maturity.

 No. cracked No. pithy No. feather No. plants
Estimated petioles on petioles leaves on with
maturity 25 plants per plant 25 plants pencil stripe

 Experiment 1

1 week before 15.7 0.0 14.1 4.0
optimum 20.8 0.8 18.9 2.5
1 week after 40.4 3.9 63.5 2.4

Significance ** ** ** **

 : Experiment 2

1 week before 19.3 1.1 13.9 2.7
optimum 26.1 3.8 22.8 4.7
1 week after 27.1 7.9 36.7 4.3

Significance ** ** ** **