Table 7. Percent potassium of various parts of
 stages of maturity.


celery harvested at three


Estimated Outer Heart Stem
maturity petioles petioles tissue

 Experiment 1

 1 week before 8.41 7.82 4.07
 optimum 8.22 7.38 3.41
 1 week after 7.88 6.45 3.11

 Significance ** ** **
 Experiment 2

 1 week before 8.55 7.52 4.10
 optimum 7.63 6.88 3.98
 1 week after 7.04 6.27 3.65

 Significance ** ** **



Table 8. Percent calcium of various parts of celery harvested at three stages
 of maturity.

Estimated Outer Heart Stem
maturity petioles petioles tissue

 Experiment 1

1 week before 2.18 .660 .616
optimum 2.18 .570 .616
1 week after 2.07 .617 .579

Significance ** **

 Experiment 2

1 week before 2.27 .550 .522
optimum 2.19 .567 .587
1 week after 2.37 .566 .556

Significance ** ** **