NuMex VADO Plant October 5-10 June 5 to 15 maturity Firm, tough bulbs More nearly round than STARLITE Good from transplants

Developed from a cross between NuMex BR 1 and BEN SHEMAN. Released in 1996. Suggested for planting October 5 to 10 for harvest June 5 to 15. The bulb characteristics are intermediate between the two parents. NuMex VADO is a tougher onion than most of the 'grano' types, and we expect that it will have considerably better handling qualities. When well grown, it produces high yields and large bulbs, but the yield potential is slightly less than for NuMex STARLITE. It was released as an improved handling type for fall seeding to fill the mid-June harvest season. When transplanted in the spring, NuMex VADO matures at about the same time as transplanted CIMMARRON. NuMex VADO has good 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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