100 MASS. EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETIN 169. 



The shipping season begins about the middle of July and ends the latter 

 part of April or the beginning of May. The accompanying chart gives 

 the shipments by weeks for the seasons of 1913-14, 1914-15 and 1915-16. 

 Very few shipments suffer any marked loss in transit. As a rule, onions 

 that arrive in poor shape at their destination were questionable when 



PRIMARY SHIPPING POINTS 

 TOGETHER WITH CAR LOAD 

 SHIPMENTS 1914-15 .-" 



Fig. 27. — The shipping points of the Connecticut Valley. This 

 map shows the relative importance of the various districts as 

 onion-producing centers by the number of cars shipped from 

 each station during the 1914-15 season. South Deerfield, 

 from which point all the Sunderland onions are shipped, 

 is by far the most important shipping point in the valley. 



consigned. Occasionally, however, they suffer through extremes of heat 

 or cold. Most of these complaints come during the early fall and the 

 late spring. 



Methods of Shipping. 

 Practically all shipments are made in 100-pound bags. Occasionally 

 a car is loaded in bulk, but this method of shipping is not considered 

 advisable, because the onions are likely to heat especially during Septem- 



