Short Day Onions

70 days. Allium cepa. Open Pollinated. Barletta Onion. The plant produces excellent yields of beautiful, small pearl onions. Excellent served whole as a cocktail onion, in sweet and sour sauce, boiled, pickled, whole in soups, and roasted. It is also perfect for shish-ka-bobs and grilled with your favorite steak. Also known as White Pearl Onion. Excellent choice for home gardens and specialty market growers. United States Department of Agriculture, PI 342941. An heirloom variety from Italy. A short day variety.

110 days. Allium cepa. (F1) Candy Onion. The plant produces excellent yields of jumbo-sized yellow onions. They grow bigger than softballs. Onions are incredibly sweet and mild. It can be successfully grown anywhere, in the North, East, South, Midwest, and West. It can be enjoyed late into winter if the bulbs are properly cured and stored in a cool, dry area. This is a good keeper and stores for months. An excellent choice for home gardens and market growers. A variety from the USA.

85 days. Allium cepa. (F1) Chianti Onion. The plant produces high yields of red onions. This is one of the sweetest red onions available. Perfect for soups, salads, slicing, and cooking. Similar to the Red Grano onions, but more disease resistant. Excellent choice for home gardens, market growers, and open field production. A variety from the USA. Disease Resistant: PR, S. A short day variety.

95 days. Allium cepa. Open Pollinated. Crystal White Wax Onion. The plant produces excellent yields of small white pearl onions. The classic Cocktail Onion. Perfect for pickling or cocktails. Also great for sandwiches, stews, and soups. Pick when onions are 1 to 1 ½" in diameter. Suitable for Southern regions of the country, especially Texas and Southern California. An excellent choice for home gardens, market growers, and open field production. United States Department of Agriculture, PI 546166. A variety from the USA. Disease Resistant: PR. A short day variety.

100 days. Allium cepa. Open Pollinated. Early White Grano Onion. The plant produces excellent yields of white onions. They are mild and very flavorful. Perfect for soups, salads, and cooking. Slow bolting. An excellent choice for home gardens, market growers, and open field production. United States Department of Agriculture, PI 546094. A variety from the USA. Disease Resistant: PR. A short stay variety.

180 days. Allium cepa. Open Pollinated. Eclipse Onion. The plant produces excellent yields of white pearl onions. They are crisp, mild, and very flavorful. Perfect for soups, salads, pickling, and cooking. Relatively free from bolting and splitting. An excellent choice for home gardens, market growers, and open field production. United States Department of Agriculture, PI 546138. A variety from the USA. Disease Resistant: PR. A short stay variety.

85 days. Allium cepa. (F1) Georgia Boy Improved Onion. The plant produces good yields of extra large yellow onions. This is one of the sweetest onions available. Excellent for salads, slicing, and cooking. Similar to the famous Vidalia onions grown in Georgia. This onion was highly favored in University of Georgia trials. Suitable for Southern regions. A variety from the USA. Disease Resistant: PR. A short day variety.

95 days. Allium cepa. Open Pollinated. Giant Red Hamburger Onion. The plant produces excellent yields of ruby red onions. The Onion is very crisp and flavorful. Perfect for hamburgers, salads, and sandwiches. Excellent choice for home gardens. A variety from the USA. A short day variety.

110+ days. Allium cepa. (F1) Phantom Onion. The plant produces high yields of jumbo size white onions. The onions are very flavorful. Great for cooking, salads, soups, and stews. Stores well after harvesting. Heat Tolerant. An excellent choice for home gardens, farmer’s markets, market growers, open production, and commercial production. A variety from the USA. Disease Resistant: PR. A short day variety.

60 days. Allium cepa. Open Pollinated. Purplette Onion. This early maturing plant produces excellent yields of small burgundy onions. Best when harvested when very young as bunching onions or when golf ball size. The onion is a glossy rich burgundy color changing to a pastel pink color when cooked or pickled. Perfect in cooked dishes, salads, and pickled. An excellent choice for home gardens and specialty market growers. A variety from the USA. A short day variety.

100 days. Allium cepa. Open Pollinated. Red Burgundy Onion. The plant produces excellent yields of beautiful red onions. They have red skin with a white & pink interior. It has a mild, sweet flavor. Perfect for sandwiches, soups, salads, and cooking. Stores well. An excellent choice for home gardens and market growers. United States Department of Agriculture, PI 546175. A variety from the USA. Disease Resistant: PR. A short day variety.

110 days. Allium cepa. Open Pollinated. Red Creole Onion. The plant produces excellent yields of sweet red onions. Perfect for salads and sandwiches. They are great additions to salsas, Cajun foods, and other zesty dishes. It performs especially well in southern and warmer climates, but it can be grown in many areas with proper timing. Stores well. A heirloom variety that was developed in 1962 by the Dessert Seed Company. An excellent choice for home gardens. United States Department of Agriculture, PI 682110. A variety from the USA. Disease Resistant: PR. A short day onion.

115 days. Allium cepa. Open Pollinated. Red Grano Onion. The plant produces excellent yields of red onions. They are crisp, mild, and very flavorful. Perfect for sandwiches, salads, soups, and cooking. Great for hamburger topping. Excellent choice for home gardens. United States Department of Agriculture, PI 546234. A variety from the USA. Disease Resistant: PR. A short day variety.

110 days. Allium cepa. Open Pollinated. Texas Early Grano Onion. The plant produces excellent yields of 1 lb size yellow onions. Its white flesh is very sweet, mild, and very flavorful. It is a Vidalia type onion. Perfect for salads, slicing, and cooking. Stores well. This Vidalia onion is a good choice for the Mid-Atlantic and the Southern states. Also known as Texas Early Grano 502 Onion. A variety developed by the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station in 1933. An excellent choice for home gardens and market growers. United States Department of Agriculture, PI 546127. An heirloom variety from the USA. Disease Resistant: PR. A short day variety.

110 days. Allium cepa. Open Pollinated. Texas Grano 1015Y Onion. The plant produces good yields of 1 lb size white onions. The white flesh is very sweet and flavorful. Comparable to Vidalia onion. Perfect for salads, slicing, and cooking. Stores well, up to 2 months. Texas Grano 1015Y Onions were developed in 1980 by Leonard Pike at Texas A & M University. Its name derives from the planting date in Texas (October 15), and Y stands for yellow. They were developed from the "Grano" variety brought over from Valencia, Spain, in 1925. An excellent choice for home gardens, market growers, and open field production. United States Department of Agriculture, PI 537590. A variety from the USA. Disease Resistant: PR. A short day variety.

85 days. Allium cepa. (F1) Yellow Granex Onion. The plant produces good yields of extra large yellow onions. This is one of the sweetest onions available. Perfect for salads, slicing, and cooking. Stays firm, crisp, and sweet when stir-fried. Similar to the famous Vidalia onions grown in Georgia. An excellent choice for home gardens, market growers, and open field production. United States Department of Agriculture, G 32783. A variety from the USA. Disease Resistant: PR, S. A short day variety.

110 days. Allium cepa. Open Pollinated. White Sweet Spanish Onion. The plant produces excellent yields of large white onions. Perfect for soups, salads, and cooking. They are very sweet. used in Mexican and Southwestern dishes. Stores well. Perfectly suited to grow in any climate or region. An excellent choice for home gardens and market growers. United States Department of Agriculture, PI 662433. A variety from the USA. A neutral variety (Long Day Onion, Short Day Onion, Intermediate Onion).