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BULLETIN 1325, U. 
DEPARTMENT OF AGEICXJL.TDBE 
California (fig. 25). Ohio and Indiana together furnish about 34 
per cent. A number of States contribute the remaining one-third- 
Onions of every grade, quality, and condition are offered for sale dur- 
ing the year, and buyers usually have no difficulty in finding stock 
that meets their requirements. 
The territory of distribution in either mixed or solid cars includes 
most towns within a radius of 50 to 75 miles. Home-grown supplies 
appear on the market only during the late fall and then in very lim- 
ited quantities. They are usually of poor quality. Imports of 
Spanish onions are received in considerable quantity and meet good 
demand from hotels and restaurants. 
ION UNLOADS AT KANSAS CITY 
AND PITTSBURGH 
-— Kansas City 
Pittsburgh 
FIG. 
•Pittsburgh 
md Kansas City take liberal supplies from most of the com- 
mercial onion regions 
MIDWESTERN* MARKETS 
Chicago. — More than one-fourth of Chicago's car-lot receipts 
(nearly 350 cars) are shipped from California and one-half of the 
total supply comes from California and Texas together ( figs. 24 and 
26). The near-by States of Indiana and Michigan together unload 
IT per cent. 
A number of Chicago dealers specialize to a certain extent in a 
combination of onions, cabbage, and potatoes. Some have ware- 
houses in Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio where stock is stored until 
wanted, in bushel crates just as purchased from the growers. 
The Illinois supplies come almost entirely from around Chicago, 
and from September 1 to about December 1 constitute a substantial 
part of total receipts. Imported Spanish onions arrive almost every 
month in the year and average approximately 8 per cent of the entire 
onion receipts. Occasionally a car of Egyptian onions arrives. 
Chicago supplies most of the onions consumed within a radius of 
75 miles, except during the period of home-grown supply. A num- 
ber of dealers on South Water Street specialize somewhat in this 
trade. 
