Description
Product Identification
- Product: Oignon Violet de Galmi (Onion Seeds Tin)
- Crop: Onion
- Variety: Violet de Galmi
- Scientific name: Allium cepa L.
- Brand/Packaging: Griffaton / Metal Canister Tin
- Product category: Vegetable seeds
- Pack size: 100 g
- Additional pack size available: 25 g, 250 g, 500 g
- Seed distributor/brand listing: Agro Hospital / JACO S.A.
The product configuration features a hermetically sealed metal tin with a convenient integrated pull-ring pop-top. This container structure efficiently seals external moisture out to maintain seedling germination parameters under humid tropical storage intervals.
- Main Characteristics
Violet de Galmi is an iconic, highly productive short-day onion variety originating from Niger, universally recognized as one of the most successful and adapted red/purple onion varieties across West and Central Africa.
- Fruit shape: Thick-flat to slightly top-shaped (pyriform/bulbous)
- Fruit color: Brilliant, intense violet-red to deep purple outer skin at full maturity
- Flesh: Firm, crisp white interior rings heavily accented with purple concentric margins
- Taste: Pungent, sharp, and rich flavor profile (strongly aromatic)
- Texture: Highly compact, crunchy, and densely layered
- Yield: Exceptionally high commercial yield potential
- Marketability: Unrivaled consumer demand in regional African markets due to its intense color and strong culinary reputation
- Transport: Excellent transit durability due to robust bulb structural integrity
- Use: Essential raw material for local fresh markets, catering, traditional sauces, and drying
- Crop Performance
- Maturity: Approximately 100–120 days to full maturity following seedling transplantation
- Average fruit weight: 100 to 160 g per bulb (highly responsive to rich soil preparation and standard crop care)
- Fruit: Thick, well-formed bulbs with excellent curing capabilities
- Flesh: Solid interior cores with low moisture content relative to other fresh varieties
- Sugar: Well-balanced by elevated aromatic and sulfur components
- Rind: Multi-layered protective shiny skins that minimize post-harvest bruising
- Transport: High mechanical resistance during long-distance bulk truck shipping loops
- Potential resistances/tolerances: Highly resilient against high temperature degradation and common field leaf blights
- Packaging Information
100 g Griffaton Tin
- Individual pack: 100 g airtight unit
- Packaging: Hermetically sealed metal tin with a ring-pull lid
- Protection technique: Specialized anti-corrosive internal coating to fully shield seed viability from surrounding moisture
- Carton: Standard wholesale multi-pack configuration for agro-input dealers and retail distributors
500 g format
- Larger format option available for intensive commercial growers or large-scale multi-hectare operations.
