X. 



THE REWARD. 

 MARKETING AND STORING. 



THE EARLY MARKET.— VENTILATED BARRELS. — HOME-MADE ONION 

 SORTER. — ONION CRATES. — DOMESTIC SPANISH ONIONS. — WINTER- 

 ING ONIONS FOR SPRING SALE. — STORAGE HOUSES. — PITS.— ESTI- 

 MATES OF COST AND PROFIT. 



My own inflexible rule is to sell the crop, after it is ready, 

 at the first opportunity I have to get a fair price for it. 

 In fact I aim to have it early, in order to sell it early. I 

 find less competition, and therefore better prices, in market 

 during August than I do during September, and less com- 

 petition with better prices during September than during 

 October or November. Besides the crop is a perishable 

 one, and there is constant shrinkage, waste, and loss. 

 The sooner you are rid of it and have the money for it 

 safely in your pockets, the sooner you are relieved of the 

 troublesome task of caring for a perishable article, and the 

 better you are off. This advice is meant especially for the 

 less experienced onion grower. 



In the great onion districts of the east the crop is a 

 staple article, and sells readily to regular wholesale buyers 

 in the same way as potatoes are being sold in the great 

 potato districts — by the car load. Buyers always go to the 

 centres of production, and there we usually find the best, 

 because most willing and ready market. 



Local and General Markets. 

 The isolated grower away from these centres, no matter 

 whether he grows on a large scale or a small one, has to 



