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This may be done if the tops have died naturally. It is 

 usually rather more expeditious than the other way. 



If the crop is uneven, as will usually be the case, it is 

 advisable to grade the bulbs if the best prices are to be 

 secured. All small, inferior, misshapen bulbs are re- 

 moved, and also those that are of unusual color. 



Fig. 97. Sorting onions in the field. 



A good means of grading onion bulbs is to run them 

 over a rack with slat bottom, shown in Fig. 97, the 

 slats being at such distance apart as to allow the large 

 bulbs to pass over, but to catch all the small ones and 

 to drop them through the spaces. The large bulbs are 

 worked over the end of the table into baskets or barrels. 

 Mature onions ordinarily will not stand freezing and 

 thawing. Therefore, if they are stored for the winter, 



