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BULLETIN 1325, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
onions that are raised in the Connecticut Valley and near-by States 
only those towns within a radius of about 30 miles are supplied from 
Boston. Other towns receive their supplies directly from the pro- 
AVERAGE CAR LOTS OF ONIONS UNLOADED MONTHLY AT BOSTON BY 
PRINCIPAL SOURCES OF SUPPLY, 1920-1922 
200 
100 
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225 
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JAN. FEB. MAR. APR. MAY. JUNE JULY. AUG. SEPT. OCT NOV. DEC. 
0nl ° \&&\ Michigan EgQfl Texas gggfl Imports fggg| Indiana \ || New York 
\$$$$j Massachusetts |* - ",- "j Virginia V'^'A California ti%%ii New Jersey \ \other 
Fig. 22. — The bulk of Boston's supply comes from Massachusetts except during 
three months of the Texas; season 
ducing sections or from other cities large enough to distribute onions 
in carlots. 
Philadelphia. — This city depends upon nearly the same sources of 
onion -supply as New York (fig. 24). New York State furnishes 
V >!sk--^^ ORIGIN OF ONION UNLOADS AT 
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DN AND CI 
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of total annual unloads averaqe for 
19/8-/922 at Cincinnati /920-/922 at Boston 
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F'ig. 23. — Nearby producing sections supply more than half of the car lots unloaded 
at Boston and Cincinnati 
more than one- fourth, Massachusetts about one-seventh, and Texas 
one-sixth of the average number of car lots received annually. 
Indiana sends about 7 per cent and Ohio nearly 10 per cent. About 
100 carloads of imported onions are received annually, mostly during 
