

ONION, Early Shipping, Non-Storing, Continued Mate 
from Seed 
Mammoth Silver King. Large deep flat onion. Skin color glistening 
silver white. Flesh white, a little coarse, but very tender and sweet. 
The largest growing of the early shipping white varieties. 95 
Red Italian (Torpedo or Bottle). Bulbs very large, long pointed at top 
and bottom. Skin color pale red. Flesh soft and very mild in flavor. 
In California this is sown in the fall and transplanted for early 
crop in the spring. 120 
Shipping—Medium Storage 
Ailsa Craig. Large, oblong globe, medium early main crop. Skin color 
light yellow, slightly tinged with bronze. Flesh fairly solid, sweet 
and tender. Very popular in Great Britain where it is often grown 
as a large exhibition variety. 105 
Crystal Grano or White Babosa. Form is rather top-shaped, more globu- 
lar than the Yellow Grano, will develop into a large Onion. Skin 
color pure white, flesh firm and mild flavored. Splendid as an early 
shipping sort. Adapted to the Pacific Coast, Texas and the South- 
western States generally. 90-95 
Yellow Grano or Yellow Babosa: Definitely top-shaped, medium size, 
early market sort, not a long-keeping variety. Skin color light yel- 
low, flesh firm and mild flavored. Adapted for fall planting in 
Texas and the Pacific Southwest. Ee recommended as an early 
market sort. 90 
Texas Early Grano. A yellow Grano, a selection made for greater uni- 
formity in earliness, size and maturity. Particularly adapted for 
use in Texas and Pacific Southwest. 88 
Prizetaker (Denia). A large vellow globe, largely grown for shipping. 
Skin color light yellow, skin is of a thin texture. Flesh is white, a 
little coarse but very sweet and tender. Like Ailsa Craig, it can 
be grown to a very large size by special feeding for exhibition 
purposes. 108 
Stockton Yellow Globe. Intermediate between the medium storage and 
the long storage Onions, but is best classed as a medium storage 
only. Deep globe in shape, mild and pleasant flavor, fairly firm 
flesh, with skin color a medium yellow. 110 

Onion, Texas Early Grano 
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