MARKETING ONIONS 
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imports of onions come to the United States during the last four 
months of the year; but following some seasons of domestic short- 
age, as in 1919 and 1921, the imports began early and continued 
large throughout the winter and spring. 
MARGINS ON TEXAS BERMUDAS, 1917 TO 1922, AND ON CONNECTICUT VALLEY 
ONIONS 1920-21, BOSTON WHOLESALE SELLING PRICES 
PER 
CENT 
TEXAS YELLOW BERMUDA ONIONS 
(commercial pack) 
CONNECTICUT 
VALLEY ONIONS pER 
CENT 
1919 
1920 
1921 
1922 
AUG. 1920 TO 
DEC. 1921 
1917 1918 
V//A Freight Margin gggg Country Deater's Margin | Grower's Se/iiny Price 
' /922 The Country Dea/er's Margin areraged jero 
Fig. 33. — The proportion of freight cost and dealer's margin vary greatly according: 
to market conditions ; the lower the price and the longer the distance, the 
greater is the usual proportion of freight cost and dealer's margin 
IMPORTS OF ONIONS TO THE UNITED STATES BY COUNTRIES, 1918-1922 
THOUSANDS OF BUSHELS 
200 400 600 800 1.000 1.200 1.400 1.600 1.800 2.000 
1918 
1919 
1920 
1921 
1922 
Spairi 
■1HII 
iiiii—imii 
I I 
Egypt 
\-y'yy\ Other Sources 
Fig. 34. — Spanish onions constitute four-fifths the average imports, but other lines 
are increasing 
SPANISH ONIONS 
About four-fifths of the average total onion imports to the United 
States are from Spain, and the United States ranks next to Great 
Britain as a market for Spanish onions. Imports from Spain come 
