El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-12-02
IS It THE OLD
FL PASO ONION?
Las Lunas Man Sends Sam
pie Which Starts a Gen
eral Discussion.
when is an onion the EI a lI3o I 2IIIOI

vvben is an onion the Ell aPso onion
Seeinfr the discussion in Ine II tlIu
of the old Ell PasO onion, II n; -; - jI-1ar
of Las Iunas, n. NJ, sent Two W 80
onions to The Herald p tba P'- be posi-
with the request that Ihey - "a ~
lively identified as the OLD IasHlOIiSu ~
Paso valley product 49, o.,.,,,,a,.
Mr. Schultz saws he found the grower
of these onions living near - - ,I
if these onions living near LIS 1@ui Il5
who said he had lived IN MeAlCo, jug jug I
southeast of FL Paso, and haq DrouBn NJ
the seed of the onion VIII MN LSIs
ne moved to New Mexico IN Sne
seventies He told Mr.. ScnuIh LldI
onion growing was one of the big IN
dustries of the FL Paso valley anu lAe <t
one grower had shipped as MANY as
10000 pounds annually TO INN i utlll ID !;
The onions were packed IN pdGhe17 - Is S6
500 pounds each which brought - OF 20
delivered in Chihuahua Ihese on ~ ~ u
weighed one pound each, the man s[tlu,
and it was customary to count -IdIner
than weigh them, they ran so near 10
a pound each.
Mr.. Schultz said, in his letter thal Ine
man had only a small flask OF the seeo
which he kept locked up IN d cues en- IN
his home and he was saving theIn LII III
surine- sowing. However ne gave MT
Schutz a few ounces of the seed, Whlch
he has planted and viii WaIch the G0
veIopments He sent the TWO sam pies
from a gift of 80 pounds OF onions
which the grower had SNens NJ ~
Schultz from his sc9nty store ana inc
Las Iunas man forwarded them TO I'll
Paso in the hope that they are the
same onion that disappeared from the
Ell Paso valley and that the INDUSTRY
will be revived.
in this section for many years, and is
familiar with the old FL Paso onion
was shown the sample sent from Las
Lunas.. 1T looks very much lRe lhe
old Ell Paso favOrite," judge FaIVey
said. But the onions that were
grown in the valley were little nat
ter than this sample. OtherWlse tne
onion looks very much IKE the
uiOneer ones both in growth and color
IThe onion shown Judge F'alvey was q
little thicker than the one which was
kent at The Herald office as a sample
That is the Ell PasO onion for sure,
said Al Howard, who said ne nad seer
them II inches across. 1t is the same
in color and in shape as the old E
! PasO onion and that must be It
Shipped in Carloads.
at have seen my grandfather UNLOAD
/ carload after carload OF tnaJ Yer9
same onion at Ysleta." Ike Alderett
said when shown the sample onion.
1 when was a boy they were grown
1 in great quantities in the lower valley
and they used to bring good prices al
/ over the southwest. Ny grandTathel
| traded in them and the rancher:
would haul them to Ysleta and there
| let them dry before they were shipped
4 That looks, tastes and smells ike tn'
real FL PasO onion"
THAT is not the FL Paso onion bu
/ the mammoth Silver King onion j. Z
| Wilson, of W. D. Wise & Co. said Whel
| he saw the sample from Las Lunas
| ''The FL Paso onion is more roundlns
| and is straw colored instead of white
| It is a mistake to believe that the b
/ Paso onion seed is extinct, for vi
! have it and sell it every day"
| James L Mari says the sample Is
| Spanish and not an Ell PasO onion So
| have seen them growing in the vale,
/ and I am sure that one is not the rea
! Ell Paso onion. Every MeXic2n grey
] the Ell PasO onion in the old DAYS an
| they were fatter and were smaller.
Ell Vale Onion.
"That onion was grown originally a
/ Ell Vale. Mex, and while 1t is not tn
! real FL Paso onion, it is probably de
| gererate species of the ones that wer
! grown in the FL PasO valley" sal
| Capt. Juan Hart
I'VE thought we had lost the OniOl
! from this valley forever vt that i
! surely the Ell PasO onion, If l ever say
| one" said George Hit Its shape
| color and smell is the same as tn
| famous old onion and | am glad we ar
to get the onion back again"
That is the Ell Paso onion as sur
as anything" Edgar Shelton said whe
ne saw the sample onion. Il have see
| them before and that is the onion
! Until the discussion is settled as {
! whether or not the Las Lunas onion
the Ell Paso onion, the sample Will
kept at The Herald office for those VII
| claim to be onion experts, to eXamiI
J and pass final judgment upon