Articles - Onion
Savel is the pick of the bunch
Today in Nelson there was some very nice crops of SAVEL bunching onion. Kina Gardens the leading quality producer of bunching onions in New Zealand... more...
Rhinestone a gem of an onion
Excellent results have been achieved with RHINESTONE F1 onion a new high yielding Regular Pukekohe Long Keeper type. Rhinestone has high skin numbers with excellent... more...
Quattro makes size in dry conditions
Faced with a very wet late winter and spring which delayed their onion sowings, Pukekohe growers Harry and Sam Das turned to QUATTRO f1 onion... more...
Overwintering onions in the South
PANTHER f1 is a new hybrid that offers growers PLK type bulb qualities in an Autumn sown, Summer harvest onion. Overwinter onions are a high risk... more...
Jarit onion breeding excels
The 2008 harvest of Vigour’s assortment of Jarit bred onions has been very successful. A feature has been the performance of Zenith in the early... more...
Onion crop updates
We have just completed the development of the most upto date onion growing information website available for growers that choose to grow with VIGOUR. We... more...
Tilbury Growing Well
The commercial plantings of Tilbury F1 onions are progressing well. The variety is showing strong vigour at the 4th leaf stage. In some fields the... more...
Onion Trials in The Netherlands
Today I visited the field trials of new varieties being bred by Nickerson Zwaan at their research station in the North of The Netherlands. Onion... more...