
DESSERTS LED COP en ee _EL CENTRO, CALIF. 
OKRA or GUMBO 
(Hibiscus esculentus) (Annual) Fokeate 
Clemson Spineless. Plant 4-412 feet, moderate foliage, very prolific. 
Pods 6-8 inches long, moderately ridged, Per Fine quality, 
rich green in color. a 
Dwarf Long Pod Green. Plant 242-3 feet. Sturdy, well-branched, pro- 
ductive. Pods attain 7 inches in length, tapered at tip, slender and 
of excellent quality, dark green. 52 
Green Velvet Spineless. Plant 5 feet, uniform, very vigorous and heavy 
yielder. Pods 8 inches long, slender, straight and smooth. Color is 
light green, which is retained when processed, very tender. 08 
Perkin’s Mammoth Long Pod (Long Green). Plant 4-5 feet tall, heavy 
foliage, productive. Pods 7-8 inches long, 11% inches broad at base, 
slender, tapered, heavily ribbed. Spined, fleshy and tender. Color 
dark green. 60 
White Velvet. Plant 3-314 feet tall, well foliaged, prolific. Pods 6-7 
inches long, smooth, not ribbed, tapered. Creamy white color, 
fleshy, tender and very good quality. 58 
ONION 
(Allium cepa) (Annual) 
Early Shipping, Non-Storage Varieties 
California Early Red. Early, semi-flat shape, good non-bolting type. 
Skin color medium deep red. Flesh firm, mild and of good quality. 
Chiefly used on the Pacific Coast where it is more often sown in the 
fall, seedlings are transplanted to obtain early crop in spring. 120 
California Early Yellow. Very similar, except in color, to California 
Karly Red. Perhaps a little more globular. Skin color yellow. 120 
Crystal White Wax. A silver-skinned Bermuda. Early, flat onion. Skin 
color clear glistening white. Flesh sweet and mild. Used in the 
Southwestern States for an early shipper. Sometimes used as a 
pickler. 95 
Imperial 48 Flat White. We introduced this variety of Onion in 1948. 
It is of the Crystal Wax type, clear white, with a high sheen, flat and 
growing three to four inches in diameter. Its outstanding quality is 
its earliness. In our trials in the Imperial Valley, it is three weeks 
earlier than the Standard Crystal Wax and ten days earlier than 
the Excel 986. 
The second desirable quality is that it is slow bolting. It will 
throw less seeders than any of the early varieties which we have 
grown. 
We believe it has an important place in the commercial Onion 
production through Texas and the Imperial Valley due to its earli- 
ness and good shipping quality. 79 
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