Archive image from page 57 of A descriptive catalogue of vegetables. A descriptive catalogue of vegetables . descriptivecatal1940asso Year: 1940 54 ASSOCIATED SEED GROWERS, INC. ONION Allium cepa For over eighty years we have produced onion seed for the critical trade of America. Outstanding depth of color, tough clinging skins with consequent exceptional keep- ing quality, and uniformity in trueness to type are factors which make our selected stocks superior. Planting stocks are renewed each year from parent lines pro- duced on our breeding grounds. The varieties listed in large type are, in
Archive image from page 57 of A descriptive catalogue of vegetables. A descriptive catalogue of vegetables . descriptivecatal1940asso Year: 1940 54 ASSOCIATED SEED GROWERS, INC. ONION Allium cepa For over eighty years we have produced onion seed for the critical trade of America. Outstanding depth of color, tough clinging skins with consequent exceptional keep- ing quality, and uniformity in trueness to type are factors which make our selected stocks superior. Planting stocks are renewed each year from parent lines pro- duced on our breeding grounds. The varieties listed in large type are, in our judgment, the most important ones. The number of days indicates the time from planting of seed to maturity of bulbs under mid-west and eastern growing conditions. Length of daylight is also a factor in the time required to form bulbs. Days Ailsa Craig 105 Bulbs very large, elongated globe, light straw colored; firm and mild. Used more in Great Britain than in America. Australian Brown. No. 5 100 The best strain of this standard variety, noted for keeping quality, pure lemon-yellow flesh and chestnut-brown scale color. Bulbs deep-flat or semi- globular in shape: with tough tight-fitting skins; flavor very strong, and flesh cooks rather dark. BABOSA (Early Grano) An early, relatively non-bolting variety of particular value for fall seeding in Texas and the Pacific Southwest. Bulbs top-shaped, medium large with dark straw-colored skin: flesh white, mild and of excellent flavor. Highly desirable for early markets. 90 BRIGHAM YELLOW GLOBE Specially desirable on account of its fine keeping qualities. Bulbs globular with rounded bottom, a deeper, blockier type than Yellow Globe Danvers; solid, well covered with tight-fitting thick skins: foliage dark green; par- tially resistant to aphids. 109 Ebenezer: a popular variety extensively used tor sets
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