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Janet

In article >, says...
>
> Janet Bostwick wrote:
> >
> > It is not unusual to see 50 pound sacks of onions for sale in the
> > area. Onions are grown here. Same with potatoes.

and here; and carrots.

No doubt your
> > market had direct connection to the grower.
>
> I would NEVER buy such a large amount of onions or potatoes. Most
> would go bad before I ever got to them.

Smaller households could buy one between friends and divvy it up between them.
But for a large family, its by far the cheapest way to buy long-life veg ...farms
here sell potatoes and carrots for £3 a sack, straight off the farm, unwashed.

Janet UK