MARKETING OF BERMUDA ONIONS 
to freezes and cold weather, and scarcity of labor, which made it im- 
possible for many growers to plant and harvest their crops for the 
earliest market. Return of a more plentiful labor supply in 1920 
brought early shipments again. 
Table 3. — Weekly carlot shipment 
of onions 
during the 
domestic Bermuda season 
Total 
Ber- 
mudas 
Weeks ending- 
Mar. 
18 
Mar. 
25 
Apr. 
l 
Apr. 
8 
Apr. 
15 
Apr. 
22 
Apr. 
29 
May 
6 
May 
13 
May 
20 
May 
27 
1916 1 
Total new stock .. . 
30 
2 30 
200 
3 260 
552 
546 
377 
374 
472 
467 
582 
576 
459 
442 
550 
465 
55 
30 
3 
732 
725 
727 
^604 
62 
61 
2 
540 
522 
1 
17 
13 
518 
421 
70 
27 
1 
569 
505 
60 
4 
2 
1,225 
4 929 
266 
30 
35 
656 
583 
73 
515 
369 
58 
88 
"753" 
626 
81 
46 
4 
710 
4 586 
105 
19 
"758" 
4 600 
107 
51 
379 
Texas Bermudas 
California Bermudas .. 
4. ,522 
251 
265 
55 
Miscellaneous new 
6 
40 
1 
1 
3 
21 
181 
2 181 
5 
10 
556 
556 
6 
1 
900 
900 
17 
2 
917 
4 914 
59 
1917 
Total old stock 
5 
1 
1 
55 
1 
1 
3 
717 
Texas Bermudas 
5,892 
494 
471 
184 
Miscellaneous new 
3 
84 
621 
613 
1 
46 
498 
496 
2 
23 
928 
877 
38 
13 
57 
665 
4 662 
3 
7 
61 
282 
235 
32 
15 
17 
405 
392 
10 
3 
1,1 85" 
982 
197 
6 
38 
605 
581 
24 
62 
1918 
Total old stock 
15 
1 
1 
93 
83 
2 83 
85 
192 
191 
125 
398 
387 
3 
544 
3,563 
371 
440 
74 
Miscellaneous new 
stock 
1 
80 
47 
2 47 
11 
68 
247 
246 
30 
1919 
Total old stock 
119 
26 
2 
2 
2 
Total new stock ______ 
523 
Texas Bermudas- 1 2, 835 
325 
California Bermudas _ 336 
91 
Miscellaneous new | 
1 
54 
505 
504 
107 
1920 
Total old stock 
218 
220 
6 
6 
118 
13 
2 13 
52 
11 
11 
27 
126 
126 
903 
583 
280 
40 
23 
678 
408 
268 
2 
830 
Texas Bermudas. _ . . 
California Bermudas . 
5,038 
1,177 
578 
213 
Miscellaneous new 
1 
82 
429 
428 
1 
39 
1921 
Total old stock... 
473 
4 
4 
253 
24 
2 24 
144 
213 
213 
130 
338 
338 
137 
413 
413 
25 
Total new stock . 
427 
Texas Bermudas. . ... 
California Bermudas 
4,011 
899 
238 
184 
Miscellaneous new 
5 
1922 
80 
13 
9 
70 
124 
2113 
7 
289 
267 
1 
21 
117 
14 
2 13 
1 
2 
904 
889 
2 
13 
105 
88 
87 
1 
1 
916 
669 
229 
18 
3 
579 
423 
152 
4 
4 
1 
1,091 
* 1,080 
8 
3 
94 
301 
297 
2 
2 
719 
689 
30 
54 
507 
493 
13 
1 
442 
378 
61 
3 
20 
666 
<592 
70 
4 
462 
163 
288 
11 
1 
693 
459 
224 
10 
414 
Texas Bermudas 
California Bermudas . 
4, 439 
1,251 
100 
298 
stock.. 
3 
2S5 
9 
9 
4 
310 
11 
211 
11 
204 
1 
1 
16 
1923 
Total old stock 
434 
Texas Bermudas 
2,809 
706 
233 
165 
Miscellaneous new 
36 
1 
1 Figures for old stock not available for 1916. 
2 First week with 10 or more carloads. 
3 Includes one carload Texas Bermudas shipped Mar. 1, 1916. 
4 Peak Bermudas. 
