OUTSTANDING QUALITIES
- Early maturing
- Excellent storage ability
- A high percentage first grade bulbs
- Multiple attractive, tough, golden-brown outer scales
Advance is an early maturing intermediate day onion. Bulbs are firm and uniformly globe-shaped with excellent keeping quality. Advance has a small root plate and very thin neck. Advance has multiple attractive, tough golden–brown outer scales. The attractive colour gives a competitive advantage before the main marketing season. Medium to large bulbs are ± 70 % of the total yield grading.
SPECIAL VARIETAL REQUIREMENTS
- The time slot for direct sowing is in April and where seedlings are used, the seed should be sown at the end of April, transplanting will then be done in the first half of August
- Contact area representative for a sowing guide
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CHARACTERISTIC* |
Advance |
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KIND |
Open pollinated onion (Allium cepa L.) |
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TYPE |
Intermediate day brown onion |
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MATURITY |
Early |
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BULB SHAPE |
Globe |
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BULB SIZE |
Medium to large (influenced by plant population) |
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BULB UNIFORMITY |
Very good |
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NECK SIZE |
Very thin |
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FIRMNESS |
Very firm |
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BULB COLOUR |
Golden-brown |
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FLESH COLOUR |
White |
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SCALE RETENTION |
Excellent |
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FLAVOUR |
Pungent |
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LEAF GROWTH HABIT |
Upright |
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LEAF COLOUR |
Dark green |
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BOLTING REACTION |
Very slow (with due regard to planting date) |
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DISEASE REACTION (SCIENTIFIC) |
- |
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AVERAGE SEED COUNT |
250 - 350 seeds per gram |
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POPULATION GUIDE |
Final stand of 750 000 – 950 000 plants per ha |
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SEED REQUIREMENT |
Direct sowing: 3.5 – 4.0 kg seed per ha Transplanting: 5.0 – 5.5 kg seed per ha |
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STORAGE |
Excellent |
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MARKETS / END USE |
Export and fresh market |
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SPECIAL FEATURES |
Early maturing onion with an excellent quality, yield potential and storage ability |