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FlG. 151. REMOVING VINES FROM TUBERS TO FACILITATE PICKING UP THE CROP 



hampers as used in Nassau County, with the owner's initial painted on 

 them, are shown in figure 152. This illustration shows also the common 

 practice in this region of throwing from three to five rows together before 

 picking up the tubers. The prime tubers are then picked up first, the 

 culls remaining until later, as illustrated. Most of the crop of Nassau 

 County which is marketed directly from the field is taken, either in 

 these baskets or in bags, by wagon or motor truck, to the Wallabout 

 Markets of Brooklyn, as shown in figure 153. In Suffolk County the crop 

 is taken from the field mainly in bags and is hauled in them to the car or 

 the storehouse, where the potatoes are dumped on the grader if they were 

 not already graded when they were picked up, and are thence emptied 

 into the car for shipment in bulk. 



The commonest carrier used in the other three regions is the bushel 

 crate, in which the crop is taken to storage, and there it is either dumped 

 into piles or stored in the crate. By far the greater part of the crop is 

 stored in bulk. In these three regions, the crop is taken to the car either 

 loose in wagon boxes, or in bags, or both ways, with the bags piled on top 

 of the load. 



