Vernonware Trade Winds was produced in the San Marino shape. The pattern dates to 1954-1955 and has a cream background with rust and chartrueuse bird of paradise-like flowers.
Trade Winds account for 70% of all winds in Hawaii and are the most common winds over Hawaiian waters. These winds, which blow from a NE to ENE direction, became known as trade winds hundreds of years ago when trade ships carrying cargo depended on these easterly winds around the earth in the subtropics for speedy passage.