ONION 
ASGROW HYBRID ONIONS. The asGrow series of hybrid onions 
continues to out-perform corresponding open-pollinated varieties 
wherever the two types have been compared. The principal advan- 
tages of ASGROW hybrids are: greater uniformity, heavier yields 
and higher percentages of No. | bulbs. In some cases, as noted, 
they mature significantly earlier than their counterparts among 
open-pollinated onions, an important factor in areas where late- 
season diseases reduce marketable yields. 
WHAT THE NAMES MEAN. The naming of these hybrids has 
been designed to make their principal characters easily recog- 
nized. Each name begins with the word Asgrow, then a letter 
For spring crop in Southern areas 
denoting color—Y, W, R, or B—then a number, which for short- 
day onions is from | to 29, and for long-day onions from 30 to 99. 
Thus Asgrow Y42 is an asGRow hybrid of long-day type, produc- 
ing yellow bulbs: Asgrow W45 is a long-day hybrid producing 
white bulbs. 
OTHER HYBRIDS. asGrow is also producing seed of several new 
hybrids developed jointly by the U.S.D.A. and state agricultural 
experiment stations. Compared with open-pollinated varieties of 
similar type, these new hybrids have shown notably greater uni- 
formity and yields, with disease resistance and other advantages. 
Already they are replacing the older varieties in some areas. 
Variety Days Shape Size Skin Flesh Remarks 
HYBRIDS 
NSETOWEW. | eee ree 92 thick-flat large white white, mild See below. 
Granex ee OA Re es 78 deep-flat large yellow white, mild See below. 
Lexacue Vbvid 23,6 eee eee 80 thick-flat large yellow white, mild Pink-root resistant. 
exasitiy bic 20a 78 thick-flat large yellow white, mild See below. 
OPEN-POLLINATED 
Crystal Wax (White Bermuda) 93 very flat medium white white, mild Standard white. 
Early Crystal 281 ; 70 thick-flat medium white white, mild See below. 
Eclipsctee see ary eee 80 flat medium white white, mild See below. 
Excel (Bermuda 986) 85 thick-flat medium yellow white, mild See below. 
Mexast Gian or 02a 80 top-shape large straw-yellow mild, white High, marketable yield. 
White Grano (Babosa) 100 rounded top medium clear white mild, white Attractive. 
Early Crystal 281 
Eclipse 
ASGROW WI. A new asGrow hybrid in 
the second-early class, producing large 
white bulbs of mild flavor and attractive 
appearance. Best adapted to areas some- 
what north of the main Bermuda section, 
where it will outyield Bermuda types. 
EARLY CRYSTAL 281. A new, exception- 
ally early Crystal Wax type, maturing 
about ten days before Eclipse and because 
of this producing smaller bulbs and some- 
what lower yield. Primarily for first harvest 
in the earliest onion areas. Almost free 
of splitting and bolting. 
EXCEL (Bermuda 986). A heavy-yielding 
Yellow Bermuda type, but earlier, with 
less splitting and bolting, producing uni- 
form, thick-flat bulbs. Excel has largely 
replaced older strains where Yellow Ber- 
muda is grown. 
GRANEX. An outstanding first-early hy- 
brid; vigorous at all stages, and tolerant 
of pink-root disease. Bulbs deep-flat, with 
full base, well covered with attractive yel- 
low skin. Flesh sweet and mild, but stores 
fairly well. Granex has out-yielded all 
other varieties in Texas and the Southeast. 
TEXAS HYBRID 28. Resembles Excel in 
color and shape, but about a week earlier 
and curing more readily. Scales thin and 
attractive. Less subject to splitting and bolt- 
ing than Excel and resistant to pink root. 
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Left: Texas Hybrid 28 
Right: Excel 
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