Main centres: | 1-3 business days |
Regional areas: | 3-4 business days |
Remote areas: | 3-5 business days |
OUTSTANDING QUALITIES
Advance is an early maturing intermediate day onion. Bulbs are firm and uniformly globe-shaped with excellent keeping quality. Advancehas a small root plate and very thin neck. Advance has multiple attractive, tough goldenbrown 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
CHARACTERISTIC*: ADVANCE
KIND: Onion (Allium cepa L.)
TYPE: Intermediate day brown onion
MATURITY: Early
BULB SHAPE: Globe
BULB SIZE: Medium to large (influenced by plant population)
BULB UNIFORMITY: Very good
NECK SIZE: Very thin
FIRMNESS: Very firm
BULB COLOUR: Golden-brown
FLESH COLOUR: White
SCALE RETENTION: Excellent
FLAVOUR: Pungent
LEAF GROWTH HABIT: Upright
LEAF COLOUR: Dark green
BOLTING REACTION: Very slow (with due regard to planting date)
DISEASE REACTION (SCIENTIFIC):
AVERAGE SEED COUNT: 250 350 seeds per gram
POPULATION GUIDE: Final stand of 750 000 950 000 plants per ha
SEED REQUIREMENT: Direct sowing: 3.5 4.0 kg seed per ha, Transplanting: 5.0 5.5 kg seed per ha
STORAGE: Excellent
MARKETS / END USE: Export and fresh market
SPECIAL FEATURES: Early maturing onion with an excellent quality, yield potential and storage ability