Onion

CRUSHER

Crusher is a long- day onion variety providing growers in the Treasure Valley and Columbia Basin a 116-118 day maturity Spanish onion. With a high level of single centers, deep globe shape and attractive bronze color, Crusher offers high yield potential and good processing recovery. Crusher is well suited for processing or retail markets, and demonstrates good scale quality that retains well while not being too excessive for processing.

  • Strong skin retention which maintains bulb integrity during storage
  • Low incidence of internal Dry Scale
  • Adaptable to overhead irrigation

Features

  • Attractive bronze skin
  • Strong tops and robust root system
  • High percentage of single centers

Advantages

  • High quality skin wrap
  • Fleshy scale finishes well into the upper neck
  • Uniform bulb shape

Disease Resistance

Disease Resistance (HR)

Pt

Disease Resistance (IR)

Foc

Characteristics

EXTERNAL COLOR
Bronze
FLESH COLOR
White
HARVEST UNIFORMITY %
95%
HARVEST UNIFORMITY
High Uniformity
HARVESTING SEASON
Autumn, Summer
MATURITY (DAYS)
112-114
PERCENTAGE OF ONIONS WITH SINGLE CENTERS
90%
RELATIVE MATURITY
Early-Mid
SEGMENT
Long Day
SHAPE
Tall Globe
SIZE
Jumbo/Colossal/Super-Colossal
SOWING SEASON
Spring
STORABILITY
Long Term
TRANSPLANTING SEASON
Spring
TYPE
Normal
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