11 Onions You Need To Know
October 29, 2015 This month’s variety specs feature highlights 11 of the latest onions available. Some of the features to note include days to maturity, storage potential, high yields, and the various regions suitable for production.
Bridger
Breeder: Bejo Seeds
Distributor: Johnny’s Selected Seeds
Type: Fresh market
Days to maturity: 90
Yield potential: One onion per plant
Region(s) best suited for production: North of 38 degrees latitude
Other attributes: This fresh-market onion is early maturing, yellow skin, and features a flattened globe shape. It is not for long-term storage, and has pungent flavor (as opposed to sweet).
Golden Star F1 Hybrid
Breeder: Golden Valley Seed
Type: Short day, very early, yellow/brown skin, globe onion
Disease resistance/Tolerance: Resistance to pink root, Fusarium basal rot, and downy mildew
Days to maturity: 180 from direct seeding; 135 from transplant
Yield potential: high yields
Region(s) best suited for production: Southwest U.S. and Texas
Other attributes: Very firm, good shipping, good storage
Great Western
Breeder: Sakata Seed America
Distributor: Rupp Seeds Inc.
Type: Bulb/intermediate day
Disease resistance/Tolerance: Fusarium, pink root
Days to maturity: 105-110
Yield potential: High
Region(s) best suited for production: Midwest, Northeast
Other attributes: Good firmness with good skin retention, high percentage of single centers, strong plant growth, colossal to jumbo size.
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Joaquin
Breeder: Bayer CropScience,Vegetable Seed/Nunhems
Type: Long day yellow Spanish
Disease resistance/Tolerance: high tolerance to pink root and very high tolerance to Fusarium
Days to maturity: 130
Yield potential: Very high
Region(s) best suited for production: San Joaquin Valley, CA; Treasure Valley ID and OR; Columbia Basin of Oregon and Washington
Other attributes: A very vigorous and high-yielding late yellow Spanish hybrid. The tall foliage is vigorous and stress tolerant.
Lasso
Breeder: Sakata Seed America
Type: Long day Spanish
Disease resistance/Tolerance: Intermediate resistance pink root
Days to maturity: 118
Yield potential: Good, jumbo to colossal
Region(s) best suited for production: San Joaquin Valley, CA, Idaho, Oregon, and Colorado. Transplants in the Northeast.
Other attributes: Good skin retention, grower friendly, good yielder with firmness
Maximus
Breeder: ISI Sementi
Distributor: Rispens Seeds, Inc.
Type: Long day yellow storage
Disease resistance/Tolerance: Good pink root tolerance
Days to maturity: 112
Yield potential: Excellent
Region(s) best suited for production: Midwest, Northeast, and Northwest
Other attributes: Dark-bronze color, uniform round shape, outstanding long-term storage potential
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Powell
Breeder: Bejo Seeds
Distributor: Seedway
Type: Yellow, long-day storage
Disease resistance/Tolerance: Downy mildew
Days to maturity: 108
Yield potential: Excellent
Region(s) best suited for production: Midwest, Northeast, Canada
Other attributes: Easy growing, yielding large classy bulbs. Long storage potential
Red Carpet
Breeder: Bejo Seeds
Type: Long-day red storage onion
Days to maturity: 115
Yield potential: Above average
Region(s) best suited for production: Long-day areas in both the Eastern and Western U.S. and Canada
Other attributes: Deep-red color, works well from direct-seeding and transplants, long storage
Ruby Ring
Breeder: American Takii, Inc.
Type: Red, long day storage-type
Disease resistance/Tolerance: Fusarium
Days to maturity: Mid-season (110 to 125 days)
Yield potential: Good
Region(s) best suited for production: Pacific Northwest and Northeastern U.S. and Southeastern Canada
Other attributes: Hard, firm bulbs with a high percentage of single centers, dark-red color both inside and out, strong growing habit as well as durable skin
SV6646NW
Breeder: Seminis
Type: Spanish long day jumbo to colossal globe shape hybrid
Disease resistance/Tolerance: High resistance to basal rot and pink root
Days to maturity: Relative maturity main-to-late with six months storage potential
Yield potential: High
Region(s) best suited for production: Pacific Northwest
Other attributes: Great multi-purpose hybrid onion with an attractive dark-brown scale
Warrior
Breeder: Seeds By Design
Type: Bunching
Disease resistance/Tolerance: Fusarium
Days to maturity: 60 days from seed
Yield potential: Good
Region(s) best suited for production: Southeast, Mountain, Southwest
Other attributes: An All-America Selections Winner, Warrior grows quickly and matures early, producing a uniform crop of slender, crisp onion stalks. Onions are ½ inch wide, thin and cylindrical, and white and green in color. Plant height is 20 to 24 inches.
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