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Onion variety hybrid performance trial											2008

	Seed	Maturity	Days to	Onion Yield by Bulb Size						Single	Total
Hybrid	Source	Days	Half Down¹	>4"	3 to 4"	2 1/4 to 3"	1 to 2 1/4	Total	Culls	Center²	Bulbs
				--------------------------------------------cwt/ac-------------------------------------------							1000's/ac
Centerstone	AT	95	8/27	5	272	239	28	543	30	13	138
Frontier	AT	110	8/9	0	21	305	121	447	5	35	190
Milestone	AT	110	8/21	0	146	321	63	530	9	18	162
Monaco	BE	115	8/31	0	198	225	43	466	28	18	135
Tamara	BE	118	8/20	0	189	396	50	635	8	38	175
Talon	BE	110	8/19	0	209	345	59	613	8	15	181
Safrane	BE	110	8/21	0	232	397	99	728	11	35	232
Gunnison	BE	105	8/19	10	261	307	51	629	16	18	175
Crockett	BE	112	9/1	0	284	393	44	720	11	45	188
Sedona	BE	110	8/27	0	322	400	52	774	19	40	204
Red Bull	BE	110	8/18	3	227	318	67	614	16	28	180
Delgado	BE	106	8/30	8	396	281	39	724	18	33	169
Redwing	BE	105	8/31	0	301	359	48	708	7	50	187
Nobility	CR	110	8/21	0	81	169	74	324	4	30	123
Genesis	CR		8/23	0	215	254	89	558	25	55	177
Varsity	GG	105	8/21	5	243	290	47	585	20	0	156
4014	GG	107	8/25	3	249	254	42	546	22	25	141
Pulsar	NU	118	8/13	0	210	370	60	639	9	0	185
Infinity	NU	120	8/24	0	327	257	50	633	12	0	166
Nebula	NU	100	8/18	0	222	338	52	612	11	23	176
Ricochet	SM	115	8/7	0	150	274	74	497	8	30	158
Caveat	SM	115	8/26	0	176	219	58	452	43	5	147
Abilene	SM		8/22	0	209	309	78	596	14	20	182
Tioga	SM	108	8/21	2	314	219	45	581	17	13	150
Jericho	SM	105	8/13	0	123	300	90	513	9	13	180
Livingston	SO		8/22	0	163	328	77	568	19	0	177
Stanley	SO		8/18	5	186	368	78	637	26	3	191

Mean			8/21	2	219	305	62	588	16	22	171
LSD.05				NS	81	87	28	103	16	NS	34437
C.V. %				305	26	20	32	12	70	124	14

¹Days from planting to when half the onion tops have fallen over. This is an indication of maturity.
²Percent of onions with single centers from ten large onions selected at random
Planting date = April 28; Harvest date = September 17; Previous crop = HRSW;
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See also Onion Yield averages for 2005 to 2008

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