Dry Onion Losses at the Retail and Consumer Levels in Metropolitan New York1

Over a 3-year period, losses in dry onions ( Allium cepa L.) at the retail and consumer levels, respectively, in metropolitan New York were 0.2 and 3.7% for ‘Yellow Globe’ onions, 3.0 and 4.2% for ‘Grano-Granex’ onions, and 8.0 and 6.4% for Spanish type onions. Parasitic diseases, principally Botrytis rots, caused most of the loss in the 3 onion types at both levels.