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'Century' Onions

Sub-Category:	Sweet/Salad

Sub-Category 2:
Description:	Allium cepa. Hybrid. Yellow, Vidalia, short day storage onion. Midseason Granex type with light gold scales, flat globe Granex shape, capable of high packout of Colossal to Jumbo grade bulbs with good sugar readings and low pungency. Bulbs very uniform and store well. Bred for Vidalia market growers. Disease resistant variety. Resistance to pink root and Fusarium basal rot. About 160 days to maturity.
Days To Maturity:	160
Seed Sources:	Twilley Seed - updated in 2019

Rating Summary

Overall: (4.0 Stars) Taste: (4.0 Stars) Yield: (4.0 Stars) Ease/Reliability: (5.0 Stars)

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Reviewed on 11/27/2025 by farmerdill - An experienced gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Richmond, Georgia, United States Frost Free Season: 183 - 203 days Soil Texture: Sand Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40') Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
Century is a midseason hybrid yellow granex designed by Seminis for Vidalia Onion growers. A Large Yellow Granex touted for productivity, Which I found wanting. Most erratic in size of any type of Yellow Granex that I have grown.

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