ONION SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION. 



89 



Month 



December 



January, 



February, ..... 

 March, ..... 



April, 



May, 



Percentage of 

 Entire Crop. 



Taking the 40.3 per cent, held in storage, 34.7 per cent, of them were 

 shipped in March, 18.8 per cent, in February and 18.1 per cent, in January. 



26 



20 



10 



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CONNECTICUT VALLEY ONION SHIPMENTS 

 FROM LOCAL POINTS 1913-14. 



Fig. 21. — Note the uniformity of the shipments from November to 

 April. 



The maximum length of time onions are held in local storage^is eight 

 months; the minimum about one month; while the average,. period of 

 storage is approximately three months. 



