10 Onions You Should Know About
Want to add new onions to your production? Check out these 10 varieties!
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Spanish Medallion from Sakata Seed America
Type: Late Intermediate
Disease resistance/Tolerance: Intermediate resistance: pink root
Days to Maturity: 110 to 115 days from direct seed
Region(s) best suited for production: True intermediate in Pacific Northwest and CO. Good transitional variety in CA and NM.
Other attributes: Transitions into long-day Spanish types; good firmness and excellent skin retention; cuts a high percentage of single centers; colossal to jumbo.
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Cartier F1 from Bejo Seeds
Disease resistance/Tolerance: Pink root
Days to Maturity: 102
Other attributes: Refined neck, strong root system, good seedling vigor. Strong skin, long storage, and excellent uniformity. Good yields of pre-pack onion.
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Claudius from Rispens Seeds, Inc.
Type: Eastern long-day yellow
Days to Maturity: 90
Region(s) best suited for production: Northeast; Midwest
Other attributes: Higher yielding, higher quality Highlander type; first-early maturity; and cleans easily for efficient packing.
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Great White from Crookham Company
Distributor: Rupp Seeds
Type: Intermediate-day globe
Disease resistance/Tolerance: Bolting; Fusarium; pink root
Days to Maturity: 103
Region(s) best suited for production: Northeast and Midwest
Other attributes: Attractive, luminescent white bulbs with high rates of single centers. It can store three to four months.
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Onion Bunching Warrior from Seeds by Design
Type: Bunching
Days to Maturity: 60
Region(s) best suited for production: Southeast, Mountain, and Southwest
Other attributes: Transitions into long day Spanish types;
good firmness and excellent skin retention; cuts a high percetnage of single centers; colossal to jumbo.
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Trekker from Takii & Co., Ltd.
Type: Long-day storage
Disease resistance/Tolerance: Strong resistance to basal rot and neck rot
Days to Maturity: 95 to 100
Yield Potential: High
Region(s) best suited for production: Northeast U.S. and Southeast Canada
Other attributes: Its uniform, extra firm bulbs are globe shaped with dark skin that has an attractive sheen. Slow to bolt, Trekker will store until May under optimum conditions. Works well for both transplant and direct seed.
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Pink Panther F1 from Golden Valley Seed
Type: Short day
Disease resistance/Tolerance: Pink root
Days to Maturity: Six to seven months from direct seeding
Region(s) best suited for production: Short day areas
Other attributes: This F-1 hybrid has excellent skin retention, good keeping ability, and excellent flavor.
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Pocono from Seminis
Distributor: Stokes Seeds
Type: Long-term storage onion
Disease resistance/Tolerance: High resistance: Pink root; Intermediate resistance: Basal rot
Days to Maturity: 110
Yield Potential: High
Region(s) best suited for production: Northeast
Other attributes: Good uniformity; round bulb; good skin retention; and small neck
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Saddleback from Seminis
Distributor: Siegers Seed Co.
Type: Hybrid long-day yellow
Disease resistance/Tolerance: Intermediate resistance to basal rot and pink root.
Days to Maturity: 100
Region(s) best suited for production: On marginal muck soils and mineral soils
Other attributes: Uniform, round bulbs with good skin retention; exceptionally strong root system for an early variety; good yield potential across a range of production areas.
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Scout from Crookham Company
Type: Long to intermediate
Disease resistance/Tolerance: High tolerance: pink root and Fusarium; Good tolerance: bolting
Days to Maturity: 100
Region(s) best suited for production: Western U.S. and late-intermediate to long-day regions; ID, OR, CA, CO, UT, and NM
Other attributes: It has a nice copper brown scale and holds up well to mechanical harvest. Storage is three to four months.
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Spanish Medallion from Sakata Seed America
Cartier F1 from Bejo Seeds
Claudius from Rispens Seeds, Inc.
Great White from Crookham Company
Onion Bunching Warrior from Seeds by Design
Trekker from Takii & Co., Ltd.
Pink Panther F1 from Golden Valley Seed
Pocono from Seminis
Saddleback from Seminis
Scout from Crookham Company
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Carol Miller is Editor of American Vegetable Grower. See all author stories here.