When purchasing Celery, look for well developed stalks, good heart formation, clean, well trimmed, compact, and heavy for its size. Avoid any Celery with blackheart, brown stem, or decay. Look for clean stalks, without excess dirt. Avoid any with wilted leaves, dry or pithy appearance, or excessively stringy. 

Celery are packed 3/4/or 5 doz. per crate, weight of 75/85 lbs. net. Howard crates weigh in at 50/60 lbs. net. Store Celery at 33-38 degrees F. Keeps up to one week if properly stored in walk-in. To freshen Celery and any stem or stalked vegetable,  trim base of  root area, keeping stalks on, submerge in luke warm water for half hour, dry off, and store in refrigeration, loosely covered. Celery yields 80% raw. 

Celery is very tasty served raw, and extra delicious braised in a rich stock. 

Celery was developed in the sixteenth century by Italian gardeners.