. Descriptive catalog of vegetables. Commercial catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Herbs Catalogs. BREEDERS AND GROWERS. 61. Excel: an early variety for the South and Southwest Days EBENEZER 100 An excellent variety, particularly for producing sets of good keeping quality. Bulb deep-flat, of medium size; dark yellow, very firm, with thick skin. EXCEL (Bermuda 986) 83 Excel is a heavy-yielding variety of the yellow Bermuda type developed by the U. S. Department of Agriculture in cooperation with the California and Texas Experi


. Descriptive catalog of vegetables. Commercial catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Herbs Catalogs. BREEDERS AND GROWERS. 61. Excel: an early variety for the South and Southwest Days EBENEZER 100 An excellent variety, particularly for producing sets of good keeping quality. Bulb deep-flat, of medium size; dark yellow, very firm, with thick skin. EXCEL (Bermuda 986) 83 Excel is a heavy-yielding variety of the yellow Bermuda type developed by the U. S. Department of Agriculture in cooperation with the California and Texas Experiment Stations. Earlier than other Bermuda varieties and more resistant to splitting and bolting. Uniformly thick-flat, with small top and neck. All-America 1948 sectional award for the Bermuda onion growing areas of the South and Southwest. Golden Globe (Golden Marvel: Bottle Neck) 110 Popular for growing globe-shaped sets. Bulb oblong-globe or bottle neck in shape, rich golden yellow; firm and hard. Also desirable for market or storage. Lord Howe Island (Red Shipper) 95 A red Bermuda type, of very deep, attractive color and sweet flavor. Bulb shape similar to Yellow Bermuda but thicker. Color a very deep dark red. A short-day, slow bolting variety for first early market in Pacific coast areas. Nebuka (Japanese Bunching) Allium Bstulosum A bulbless bunching variety, grown for its very long, pure white stems; long standing, tender and of delicate flavor. Resistant to pinkroot, thrips and smut. Red Wethersfield 100 An old variety of excellent keeping quality, used for red sets and for storage. Bulb medium large, flat on the bottom, with sloping top; purplish red; flesh fine grained, firm, white, lightly flushed with pink; of strong flavor. SAN JOAQUIN 93 Developed by the U. S. Department of Agriculture and California Experiment Station from a cross of Stockton Yellow Globe (G36) x Early Grano. Bulb of large size and semi-globe shape with straw-yellow skin. Highly non-bolting and


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