Onions

95 days. Allium cepa. Open Pollinated. Ailsa Craig Exhibition Onion. The plant produces excellent yields of large, 2 to 6 lb sweet yellow onions. It is a popular English heirloom long-day onion variety prized by gardeners for producing exceptionally large, mild, and sweet bulbs. This Spanish-type onion has a unique, mildly sweet flavor. Perfect for soups, sandwiches, salads, and cooking. Earlier than other Spanish types. Tolerates cool weather well. Suitable for Northern regions. Similar to Kelsae Sweet Giant Onion. Impress your neighbors and try growing a World Record size onion. Excellent choice for home gardens. This variety is named after Ailsa, a small island off the coast of Scotland that is nearly solid rock. United States Department of Agriculture, PI 286251. An 1887 heirloom from South Ayrshire, Scotland. A long day variety.

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. Open Pollinated. Borettana Cipolloni Onion. The plant produces excellent yields of beautiful, small yellow onions. These flattened globe-shaped gourmet onions are for soups, salads, cooking, kabobs, pickling, and grilling. Bulbs are perfect for braiding, like garlic, and can be stored for up to 5 months this way. In Europe, it is known as Cipollini. Excellent choice for home gardens and specialty market growers. An heirloom variety from the town of Boretto in northern Italy. A long day variety.

110 days. Allium cepa. Open Pollinated. Kelsae Sweet Giant Onion. The plant produces excellent yields of giant 15 lb yellow onions. The Kelsae Sweet Giant Onion holds the Guinness World Record for the Largest Onion in the World at nearly 15 lb 5.5 oz and 33 inches in diameter. It has a unique, mild sweet flavor. A variety developed in the 1940s by Alfred Breed at Mertoun Gardens near St Boswells. Keeps well into the following year. Impress your neighbors and try growing a World Record Giant Onion. A long day variety suitable for Northern regions. An excellent choice for home gardens, Farmer’s Markets, and specialty market growers. An heirloom variety from Scotland.

110 days. Allium cepa. Open Pollinated. Southport Red Globe Onion. The plant produces heavy yields of medium sized red onions. They are firm, crisp, pungent, and mild in flavor. Perfect for soups, salads, and cooking. Keeps well, one of the best red keepers! No other red onion has a better flavor or long-term storage abilities than the Southport Red Globe Onion. This is the standard red onion used in commercial production. Also grows well in containers and small spaces. An excellent choice for home gardens, greenhouses, market growers, and open field production. United States Department of Agriculture, PI 546096. A 1873 heirloom variety from the USA. Disease Resistant: FBR. A long day variety.

110 days. Allium cepa. Open Pollinated. Southport White Globe Onion. The plant produces excellent yields of medium size onions. It is a firm and pungent onion that has a crisp and mild flavor. This Spanish type onion is grown for commercial production. Perfect for soups, salads, and cooking. One of the best storage keepers. Also known as Silver Ball Onion and White Rocca Onion. It is named after a town in Connecticut, Southport, and grows along Connecticut's Mill River. Southport was known as the Onion Capital during the Civil War, and pickled onions were used to keep scurvy at bay. It can be grown in just about any climate, but it is particularly noted for its ability to thrive in cooler weather. An excellent choice for home gardens, market growers, and open field production. A long day onion for the Northern States. Cold Tolerant. An heirloom variety dating back to 1906. United States Department of Agriculture, PI 546207. A variety from the USA.

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.

Utah Yellow Sweet Spanish Onion is a premium garden variety offering strong growth, dependable performance, and quality harvests for home gardeners.

60 days. Allium cepa. Open Pollinated. White Lisbon Bunching Onion. The plant produces excellent yields of high-quality bunching onions. It is a popular, fast-growing variety of green onion, also called scallion or spring onion. It has dark green foliage and long white stalks that hold up well after harvest. Onion does not form a bulb and has a smooth, mild oniony flavor that is not overwhelming. Perfect for soups, salads, and garnishes. Best for spring planting, but also good for fall and winter planting. It is a cold-hardy variety that will winter over. They are a perennial type of plant, and the more you cut them, the more they grow. The plants grow well close together, so it's great for square-foot gardening. If you leave the base of the plant in the ground over winter, it will come up every year! Suitable for containers, pots, small gardens, patios, raised gardens, borders/rock gardens, herb gardens, and window boxes. This variety can be used in greenhouse production, too. Cold Tolerant. Heat Tolerant. An excellent choice for home gardens, greenhouses, market growers, and open field production. An heirloom variety was grown by farmers and gardeners for over 200 years. United States Department of Agriculture, PI 546331. An heirloom variety from the USA.

125 days. Allium cepa. Open Pollinated. Yellow Sweet Spanish Onion. The plant produces heavy yields of jumbo 1 lb yellow onions. The bulbs are very mild and have yellowish brown skin. An all-purpose onion perfect for soups, salads, and cooking. Stores well. An excellent choice for home gardens, Farmer’s Markets, market growers, open production, and commercial production. An heirloom variety dating back to 1928. United States Department of Agriculture, PI 546198. A variety from the USA. A long day variety.

66 days. Allium cepa. Open Pollinated. Ishikura Improved Bunching Onion. The plant produces very flavorful bunching onions. It is a popular Japanese heirloom onion variety prized for its long, tender white stalks with little to no bulb formation. These salad onions have long white stalks. Most plants can be eaten with minimal waste. Great for sukiyaki, soups, and salads. Excellent for spring or late summer harvests. This improved version of the Ishikura Onion has long-distance shipping qualities. These green onions do not form bulbs and do not multiply by division. The stalks can be harvested when pencil-thin or left to grow as thick as a mature carrot. It tolerates warm and cool temperatures and is suitable for winter harvesting in some areas. It is one of the most popular bunching onions in Japan. An excellent choice for home gardens, Farmer’s Markets, and market growers. United States Department of Agriculture, PI 656945. An heirloom variety from Japan.