Onions - Planting Calendar - Seminis

EX 07939002 is a round,MD, medium dark gold skin onion with good uniformity. It has a medium dark green top with good bolt resistance. The recommended transplanting time is between 10 Aug to 31 Aug. Competition varieties are Star 5560,5562,5553,Juanita and Phyton.

Features:
- Earliness
- Uniformity
- Medium dark gold scale with good storability
- High seedling vigour

EPLK is an early to mid season production onion.It is a globe shaped golden brown industry export standard onion with excellent bolting tolerance.

Features:
- Meduim to large size
- Excellent shipper
- Up to 8 months storage
- Excellent bolting tolerance
- Excellent scale retention

Golden brown export storage onion with very good storability (5 months). Maturity similar to the industry standard, EPLK. Shape is round, tops are vigorous, uniformity is excellent.

Features:
- Meduim sized round globes
- Gold coloured
- Excellent packouts
- Thin tight necks

Complements RPLK OP onion.Medium to large size gold coloured globe shaped onion.

Features:
- Excellent scale retention and uniformity
- High export grade pack outs
- Very good seed vigour
- Matures 10 days ahead of RPLK
- High quality export onion with thin thight necks

RPLK is a mid to late season hard storage onion with tightly adhering light golden scales. Shape is globe to slightly tall globe. Maturity is 2-4 eeks later than May & Ryan EPLK> PLK is adapted for export from southern hemisphere producers to Europe and Japan. Can be stored for 6 - 8 months. May & Ryan PLK is the industry standard for southern hemisphere export storage class with late maturity.

Features:
- Meduim to large size
- Excellent shipper
- Up to 8 months storage
- Excellent bolting tolerance
- Excellent scale retention

Franklin is a mid to late season hard storage onion with tightly adhering golden brown scales. Shape is globe to slightly tall globe. Franklin is adapted for export from southern hemisphere producers to Europe and Japan. Can be stored for 6 months. Slightly earlier in maturity than Regular Pukekohe Longkeper. Excellent quality and yield for late sowings.

Features:
- Excellent scale retention and uniformity
- High export grade pack outs
- A winner and must for late sowings and is 5 - 7 days earlier than Waikato
- Very good seed vigour

Waikato is a mid to late season hard storage onion with tightly adhering golden brown scales. Shape is globe to slightly tall globe. Waikato is adapted for export from southern hemisphere producers to Europe and Japan. Can be stored for 6 months.Excellent quality and yield for late sowings.

Features:
- Excellent scale retention and uniformity
- High export grade pack outs
- A winner and must for late sowings and is 5 - 7 days later than Franklin
- Very good seed vigour

Red Keep is a red globe shaped hard storage onion with tightly adhering, medium dark red scales.Red Keep is adapted for export form southern hemisphere producers to Europe and Japan. Can be stored for 2-4 months.

Features:
- Mid to late season red storage
- Globe shaped
- Attractive red colour
- Consistent performer
- Uniform bulbs, thin necks
- High yield potential