ONION SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION. 



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Acreage and Production of Onions in the States of Surplus Production. 



General Periods of Shipments. 



With the marked expansion of the onion industry the market has 

 shown an equally remarkable growth. Onions are now in the market 

 all the year round. Coming out of storage in the winter, the storage 

 onions are followed by the Bermuda, Spanish, Egyptian and Mexican 

 shipments early in the spring, and later by those from Texas, Virginia, 

 Maryland, Kentucky and Long Island, before the main crop of late 

 onions from the commercial onion-growing sections of the United States 

 reaches the market. 



The Texas onion crop usually begins to move the last week in March. 

 Heavy shipments begin about April 10 and continue until the middle of 

 June; the last shipments to New York are made about the last week in 

 July. The Louisiana onions make their appearance the last week in 

 April. After the second week in May practically all the old stock of 

 late northern onions is closed out. From the first of June, Texas, 

 Bermuda, Egyptian and Spanish onions constitute the principal offerings 

 until the beginning of July, when Kentucky onions are shipped north. 

 About the same time Jersey, Maryland, Virginia and some California 

 and Mexican onions appear. During the third week in July, Connecticut 

 Valley "sets" arrive on the New York market. Through August, Sep- 

 tember, October and November, heavy importations of Valencia and 

 Denia onions make them a competing factor in the principal markets. 



1 Estimated. 



