Red Onions © Denzil Green Red Onions are onions with reddish-purplish skin, and similarly-coloured lines layer the white rings inside the onion. In general, Red Onions can be a bit sweeter than regular white or yellow onions, but you can’t count on this: though they are predisposed to be sweeter, how sharp they will be…
Onions
Red Spring Onions
Red Spring Onions are Green Onions (aka Spring Onions) that are reddish-coloured (actually more purple.) The stalk is white at the tip of its base, turning red past that, and then green at the top. The red colour stays when cooked, and becomes somewhat brighter. They have a sweet and mild-flavored taste like green onions,…
Sausage & Glazed Onion Rolls
A simple, inexpensive take on Beef Wellington
Sausages with Onion & Guinness Gravy
This recipe is as tasty as its name implies.
Scallions
Scallions are very much like Welsh Onions (aka Bunching Onions, aka Green Onions), except for a slight difference in the bulb. The sides of a scallion bulb will be straight, whereas the others above will have slightly curved sides. The green stems will also be slightly longer. They also have a different scientific name, for…
Short-Day Onions
Short-Day Onions is a term used by people who grow onions. It refers to onions that need fewer daylight hours to start plumping up below ground.Onions will form a bulb when the temperature and the number of daylight hours hit the right combination for them which triggers their clock. Short-Day onions will start bulbing when…
Sweet Onions
Sweet Onions © Denzil Green Sweet onions tend to have both a higher sugar level than other onions (6 to 15% sugar level, though there are no legal standards), and a lower sulphur content, which lets the sugar taste come forward. For an onion to grow sweet, the soil must be low in sulphur. Any…
Yellow Globe Danvers Onions
Yellow Globe Danvers Onions are large onions, almost perfectly round, with thin yellow skin (actually yellowish browny-orange) and white flesh inside. They have a mild taste. The plant is a good producer. All the onions tend to ripen at the same time, making commercial harvesting easier. The variety is open-pollinated. Storage Hints Stores well. History…