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all crates containing Prizetaker onions. Whether this will 

 have practical results, and insure the grower a financial suc- 

 cess, the future alone can tell. People are always slow to 

 drop fixed notions and to change tastes once acquired. 

 But it is worth the trial. Certainly such fine, large onions 

 as well-grown Prizetakers are, ought to find favor with the 

 consumer, and sell well. 



Crating Onions. 



The crate, as shown, makes a light, airy package, well 

 calculated to keep onions dry and sound. Its cost alone is 

 against it. For the first early crop, however, which can be 

 expected to bring a good price, and which will sell best in 

 small packages, crates may be employed to good advantage. 

 They might be made one-third larger, and '' warranted to 

 hold one bushel." 



Feeling the Pulse of the Market. 



In selling a large crop, the methods of the good business 

 man should be adopted. The supply, and consequently the 

 prices, in various parts of the country are by no means 

 uniform. Onions may be plentiful in New York, or Phila- 

 delphia, or Buffalo, and scarce in St. Louis, or Chicago, or 

 Columbus. It will pay the grower who has carloads of 

 onions to dispose of, to be informed about the condition 

 of the various markets which he might find available. 

 Direct sales can often be made to houses in one or the 

 other of the larger cities. Get the addresses of one or 

 more good commission merchants in all of the larger cities 

 within reasonable distance from you, and thus be in the 

 situation to feel the pulse of the market. 



Winter Storage. 

 Prices usually rule highest, and often reach almost fancy 

 figures, in spring. Year after year 1 have known white onions 



