Spring onion slips and seed potatoes are now in stock at Foreman’s General Store! Now is the time to get your spring onions and potatoes in the ground.
Choose from Texas 10-15Y, White Granex, Yellow Granex, and White Bermuda onions at $1.99 per bunch.
- White Bermuda – A flat-topped, sweet onions which can have white or yellow skin. Varieties include Yellow Bermuda, White Bermuda, and Crystal Wax.
- Granex – One of the Deep South’s most popular onions, the large, yellow bulbs may be thick-flat or almost globed. It’s an early variety, and it keeps well if cured and stored properly. Granex, also known as the Vidalia onion, comes in red and white varieties.
- Texas Grano 10-15Y – A new strain of ‘Yellow Grano’ with a sweet, mild flavor and better-storing ability and disease resistance than other Texas Granos.
Seed potatoes include Yukon Gold, Red La Soda, and White Kennebec potatoes at 99¢ per lb.
- Red Lasoda is a high yielding variety. Resistant to tip burn, and to wind, heat and drought damage. The very early variety that has a high tolerance of heat, plants do not wither during heat and drought. Beautiful smooth red skin with pure white flesh. Tubers are oblong and slightly flattened with medium deep eyes. An excellent potato for boiling never loses its flavor. Known as the best storing red potato, will keep for months.
- Yukon Gold is a medium to high yielding variety. Excellent storability. Long dormancy period. Plant these in your garden and you will have a goldmine of yellow-skinned, yellow-fleshed potatoes ready to harvest in 100 days. Potatoes are perfect for browning or your favorite recipe.
- White Kennebec is a hefty potato with an ovate to oblong shape and stouted ends. Its thin skin is layered with tones of creamy white and tan with a soft ivory flesh. The skin’s texture is semi-rough and speckled with shallow eyes. Its flesh is firm and moist, yet starchy, making it a versatile potato for culinary use. Kennebec potatoes have a rich, earthy and nutty flavor when cooked.
Stop by Foreman’s General Store for all your gardening needs!