MARKETING ONIONS 3 
ping variety, adapted for a long season of growth, and is the standard 
sort in southern Texas and southern California. Unlike the northern 
type of onion, it is usually transplanted to the field from seed beds 
and is grown under irrigation. The Crystal Wax and other white 
varieties of the Bermuda type constitute not over 10 per cent of the 
early crop. The reddish Creole onion of Louisiana is similar to the 
Bermuda, and the term " Louisville v is applied commercially to the 
general mixture of onions grown around Louisville, Ky. 
MAIN-CROP VARIETIES 
Varieties grown in the main-crop producing sections are adapted 
to a shorter growing season; they are stronger in flavor and longer 
keepers. Yellow Globe is a commercial term including several varie- 
Fig. 1. — Onion types and varieties : A, preen bunched onions ; B. Crystal White Wax Ber- 
muda ; C, Yellow Bermula ; D, Egyptian ; E, Northern Yellow Globe 
ties and strains under that name, also sometimes called the Yellow 
Globe Danvers, the Southport Yellow Globe, and other local names. 
The globe type of onion, both yellow and white, grows rapidly, crops 
heavily, grades and looks well, and is an excellent keeper and shipper. 
It comprises by far the greater part of the main eastern crop. The 
Japanese set onion, sometimes called the Ebenezer, is a flat type 
which is becoming a noteworthy feature in some markets. The sets 
usually mature earlier than the globe type seed stock, are larger, and 
bring higher prices. They are usually marketed early in the season. 
The proportion of red and brown varieties is larger in the West. 
There is a considerable crop of White Globe onions in Ohio and 
Indiana. The Australian Brown is popular in California. It is a 
good storage onion and produces well on heavy soils, but requires 
a rather long season. 
A small and comparatively unimportant part of both the early 
and the late crops is grown by planting "sets" (onions from one- 
