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ployed, special screens being provided 

 for the purpose. 



Shipping Packages 



Onions are placed upon the market in 

 crates, bags, barrels, Delaware baskets, 

 one-half barrel baskets, and in bulk. The 

 folding crate, shown in the foreground 

 of Fig. 9, is undoubtedly the most 

 attractive package in use for marketing 

 onions. The bags employed are of heavy 

 burlap and hold about the same quantity 

 of bulbs as a barrel. The barrel in most 

 common use is the same as is used for 

 shipping early potatoes and holds about 

 eleven pecks. These barrels are con- 

 structed of thin staves, have numerous 

 openings for ventilation, and are headed 

 with a piece of burlap. Standard apple 

 barrels having two heads are also used 

 for handling onions. Onions are fre- 

 quently shipped loosely in cars and shov- 

 eled into barrels or bags at their desti- 

 nation. 



Weight of Onions 



The legal weight of onions per bushel 

 varies somewhat in different states, but 

 56 pounds of dry onions are generally 

 considered a standard bushel. 



Important Commercial Yarieties of 

 Onions 



Common Market Yarieties 



The varieties of onions that have dis- 

 tinctively yellow, white and red skins 

 and are of the globular type are of great- 

 est commercial importance. Among the 

 varieties that belong to the yellow globe 

 class are the Prizetaker, Yellow Danvers, 

 Yellow Globe, Danvers, Southport Yellow 

 Globe, and Ohio Yellow Globe. The prin- 

 cipal white varieties are Southport White 

 Globe, New Queen, Italian Tripoli, Silver 

 Skin, and White Silver King. Among 

 the more important red sorts are Red 

 Globe, Red Wethersfield, and Australian 

 Brown. 



The principal Bermuda varieties are 

 Red Bermuda, White Bermuda and Crys- 

 tal Wax. The Bermuda onions are all 

 of the more or less flat type. The red 

 coloration of the Bermuda onion is not 

 distinctive like that of the Red Wethers- 

 field or Red Globe varieties, but is lighter 

 in color. The famous Denia onion is 

 somewhat of the Prizetaker type, is light 

 yellow in color, grows to a large size 

 and is mild in flavor. 



Fig. 8. Inside oL' Storage lioiise, Showing Metliod of Stacldng Crates. 



