DESSERT SEED CO, EL CENTRO, CALIF. 

ONION, Continued 

Onion, Imperial 48 Flat White 
Days to 
Maturity 
from Seed 
Laredo (L-690). Introduced by Dr. Henry A. Jones of the United States 
Department of Agriculture. Seed released to the trade in 1949. It 
is of the Crystal Wax type, clear white, high sheen, deeper than the 
Standard Crystal Wax, and a few days later than Excel 986. Runs 
uniform in size, from 214 to 31% inches. We believe that it will 
eventually replace the Standard Crystal Wax. 
Seed should be available in commercial quantities in 1951. 88 
Yellow Bermuda. Early, flat with small tops. Skin color light straw 
yellow. Flesh white and very mild. Used in large quantities, par- 
ticularly in Texas, as an early shipper. 95 
Yellow Bermuda Excel (U.S. 986). Much earlier than the regular strain 
of Yellow Bermuda. It is deep flat shape, large bulbs, but small 
top. Skin color yellow, flesh white and mild. Is resistant to bolting 
and in every way a great advance in the Bermuda class. 83 


Onion, Excell 986 
Red Bermuda. Medium size, flat and early. Skin color orange pink. 
Flesh creamy yellow, very sweet and mild. Used as an early ship- 
ping variety. 92 
Lord Howe Island (Red Shipper). Good size, deep flat shape, slow bolt- 
ing, similar to the Bermuda types. Skin color very deep red, flesh 
white and sweet flavored. Splendid as early shipping variety. 
Adapted for use on the Pacific Coast. 99 
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