NuMex STARLITE Plant September 25 June 1 to 10 maturity Low pungency Large tops Makes large bulbs Excellent from transplants

Yellow Grano type. Matures about a week later than NuMex STARLITE. It has very large tops, and has the potential to produce very large bulbs and high yields. Released to extend the harvest season for "grano" type onions, and to provide a low pungency variety that can be marketed as 'sweet' onions. Because of its later maturity, NuMex STARLITE usually produces high yields and large bulbs when transplanted. In NMSU tests, NuMex STARLITE has been the best yielding of any of the 'grano' type onions, either from direct seed in the fall or from transplants. It has excellent tolerance to pink root.

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Information provided by Dr. Joe Corgan and Dr. Marisa Wall, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico, October 1996.

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