ONION SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION. 



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New York and Boston. The figures for New York were taken from the 

 New York "Packer," and for Boston from the Boston "Produce Market 

 Report." It is evident from this chart that the differences in price in these 

 markets during a normal season are not very marked. 



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Fig. 33. — Average monthly (wholesale-to-jobber) price for four seasons. This chart shows 

 that it is not always profitable to hold onions. While storage men who held the 1911 and 

 1913 crops profited greatly by so doing, those who held the 1912 crop lost heavily. 



The wholesale prices given above are the prices which the retailer paj^s 

 to the large wholesaler and jobber. They represent the cost in the valley 

 plus transportation charges, cartage from car to wholesale distributor's 

 place of business, and losses and distributor's profit. 



Fig. 34. 



