MARKETING ONIONS 65 
Table 13. — Shipments by principal sources and shipping seasons, 1918-1922 
State 
Approximate ship- 
ping season 
1918-19 
1919-20 
1920-21 
1921-22 
1922-23 
Aver- 
age 
Early: 
California.. . . 
Apr. 20-June30... 
Apr. 15-Dec. 15... 
Mar. 15-Sept. 30.. 
Cars 
372 
450 
3,575 
Cars 
341 
101 
2,876 
Cars 
1,174 
106 
5,086 
Cars 
888 
79 
4,208 
Cars 
1,250 
91 
4,629 
Cars 
805 
Louisiana.. 
Texas 
4,075 
Total 
4,397 
3,318 
6,366 
5,175 
5,970 
5,045 
June20-Oct.31__. 
June 15-Dec. 15. .. 
June 15-Sept. 30... 
Intermediate: 
Kentucky 
195 
597 
95 
339 
634 
133 
303 
635 
181 
361 
427 
140 
257 
479 
371 
291 
Xew Jersey 
5.54 
Virginia ... 
184 
Total . 
887 
1.106 
1, 119 
928 
1,107 
1 029 
May 15-Apr. 30... 
Sept.l-Mar.31... 
Sept. 15-Mar. 15.. 
July 20-Apr. 30. . . 
July 15-Apr. 30. .. 
July 10-Mar. 31... 
July 15-May 10... 
Aug. 25-Apr. 30... 
Aug. 25-Apr. 15... 
Julv20-Mav31_.. 
July 15-Apr. 30_ . . 
Sept. 1-May 10. _. 
Oct. 1-Xov. 30 
July 10-Mar. 31... 
Sept. 5-Apr. 30 
Late: 
California . 
3,655 
230 
10 
334 
1,817 
968 
2.883 
590 
822 
2,784 
2,008 
238 
79 
1 
477 
309 
5,068 
207 
13 
123 
1,005 
488 
2,835 
224 
439 
2.702 
1.913 
202 
118 
18 
596 
95 
3.228 
134 
30 
360 
3,448 
870 
3.834 
795 
276 
3,089 
3,212 
19 
93 
7 
790 
406 
2,697 
443 
43 
253 
1,834 
411 
2.224 
417 
172 
2,891 
1.743 
347 
140 
52 
649 
89 
2,391 
652 
161 
487 
4,683 
918 
1,912 
1,867 
500 
2,812 
4,492 
263 
113 
170 
765 
330 
3 408 
Colorado ____ 
333 
Idaho. ... ... 
51 
Illinois .. 
311 
Indiana 
2,557 
731 
Iowa. 
Massachusetts. . 
2 738 
Michigan ... 
779 
442 
New York 
2,856 
Ohio 
2,674 
Oregon 
214 
109 
Utah."..... 
Washington.. 
49 
655 
Wisconsin 
246 
Total 
17,205 
16, 046 
20,591 
14,405 
. 22, 516 
18.153 
Grand total ' 
22,489 
20,470 
28.076 
20,508 
29,593 
24. 227 
Shipments from noncommercial States averaged 130 cars annually in addition to the above. 
Table 14. 
-Prices of eastern and Midwestern yellow varieties sacked per 100 
pounds, monthly. 1919-20 to 1923-24 seasons 
Prices to jobbers 
Prices 
f.o. b. 
shipping 
point 
eastern 
stock 
Eastern stock 
Midwestern stock 
New York 
Boston 
Phila- 
delphia 
Baltimore 
Chicago 
Cincinnati 
Rochester, 
X. Y. 
1919-20 
September 
$3.00-4.00 
3.00-4.00 
3. 25-5. 65 
5. 00-6. 50 
5. 50-6. 50 
5. 25-6. 25 
5. 50-6. 75 
5. 00-7. 00 
1. 75-2. 75 
1.25-2.15 
1. 00-1. 75 
1. 00-1. 50 
1.00-1.60 
. 75-1. 2.5 
. 50-1. 25 
.50-1.90 
$3. 50-3. 75 
2. 75-3. 75 
3. 50-6. 00 
5. 75-6. 50 
5.50-6.50 
6. 00-6. 50 
6. 00-7. 00 
6.00-6.50 
1. 50-2. 75 
1. 25-1. 75 
1. 25-1. 75 
1. 25-1. 75 
1. 25-1. 75 
. 75-1. 35 
. 50-1. 25 
.60-1.00 
$3. 00-4. 25 
2. 75-3. 75 
3. 00-5. 75 
4. 50-6. 35 
5. 85-6. 50 
5. 50-6. 10 
5. 25-7. 00 
5.50-6.50 
1. 50-2. 75 
1.00-1.90 
. 75-1. 75 
. 85-1. 35 
. 75-1. 65 
. 75-1. 15 
.40-1.15 
.50-1.50 
$3. 004. 25 
3. 00-4. 10 
3. 50-5. 50 
4. 75-6. 50 
6. 25-6. 75 
5. 25-6. 50 
5. 50-7. 50 
5. 50-6. 75 
2. 00-3. 00 
1.25-2.25 
1.25-1.85 
1.00-1. 50 
1.00-1.9O 
1. 00-1. 25 
.90-1. 10 
1. 00-1. 50 
$3. 25-3. 50 
3. 25-4. 50 
4. 00-5. 00 
4. 75-6. 00 
5.00-6.00 
4. 50-5. 50 
4. 50-6. 50 
5.50-6.00 
1. 75-2. 35 
1.25-2.00 
1.25-1.75 
1. 15-1. 50 
1.00-1.2.5 
.75-1.00 
. 75-1. 25 
. 60-1. 25 
$3. 00-3. 75 
3. 75-5. 00 
3. 50-5. 25 
4. 75-6. 50 
5. 50-6. 50 
5.00-6.25 
5. 00-6. 75 
7. 00-7. 50 
1. 50-2. 75 
1.25-1.65 
1.25-1.65 
1.00-1.50 
1.25-1.40 
1.00-1.25 
. 50-1. 00 
"iO^i'oo 
November 
December 
January 
February 
3. 75-5. 25 
5.00-^.50 
5.25-6.25 
5. 00-5. 75 
April 
1920-21 
September 
October . 
1. 75-2. 00 
1. 1.5-1. 75 
November 
December 
January 
1. 10-1.40 
1.00-1.25 
.85-1.00 
February 
March 
April 
. 75- . 85 
.50- .70 
