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BULLETIN 1325, V 
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
Domestic Bermuda onions are grown mostly from seed imported 
from the Canary Islands. The crop is started in seed beds and 
transplanted to the fields two months later. Irrigation water is 
applied between the rows or by flooding (fig. 3). Frequent shallow 
cultivation is practiced and' hand weeding at intervals. Details of 
cultural treatment may be found in publications listed at the end of 
this bulletin. 
EARLY-CROP SECTIONS 
Texas. — The greatest early -producing State is Texas (Table 1). 
averaging around 4,900 cars a year. These come mostly from eight 
counties in the southern part of the State, fully one-half from Webb 
and Dimmit Counties. Beginning in Cotulla, La Salle County, 
about 25 years ago, the onion industry quickly spread to the Laredo 
section in Webb County and was soon taken up in Dimmit. Zavalla, 
Fig. 3. — Texas onion Held irrigated by flooding 
Hidalgo, Frio, Maverick, Atascosa, Nueces, and other counties. Of 
these. "five counties — Webb. Dimmit, Zavalla. Frio, and La Salle — 
usually include about three-fourths of the State's total acreage. A 
considerable crop of White Globes and Spanish-type onions is now 
grown in the Collin County section, from which about 130 cars are 
shipped annually. As a rule it has been found difficult to market 
much over 4,500 carloads from the State as a whole and the occa- 
sional attempts at sudden expansion have resulted unprofitably. 
Two principal varieties are raised — Yellow Bermuda and Crystal 
Wax. The Crystal Wax onions constitute only a small fraction 
of the total crop, but in general command somewhat higher prices. 
California. — The California Bermuda season follows that from 
Texas, but the crop is only about one-fourth in quantity. Produc- 
tion of Bermuda-type onions, which constitutes about one-fifth 
the State's total, centers in the Coachella Valley in Riverside County. 
This valley is part of a large basin, the desert remains of a 
