Ailsa Craig Onions are a variety of a Spanish onion. They have straw yellow skin and are very white inside. They average 1 to 2 pounds in weight (450 to 900g), and 6 to 8 inches across (15 to 20 cm.) They can grow as big as 4 pounds (1.8 kg.) They have a sweet,…
Sweet Onions
Bermuda Onions
Bermuda Onions © John Lewis Childs Nurseries. Rare flowers vegetables and fruits catalog. Floral Park, NY. (1918)There is some confusion about what Bermuda Onions are. They are not red onions, or Spanish onions. They are flat-topped, sweet onions which can have white or yellow skin. Varieties include Yellow Bermuda, White Bermuda and Crystal Wax. From…
Granex Onions
Granex Onions are a cross between Grano and Bermuda. They are sweet onions with a flattened top. They were released in 1952. They are still grown on a small scale, but their greater claim to fame now is that they have been used to develop many subsequent sweet varieties.
Grano Onions
Grano onions are round, sweet onions. They are medium-sized, about 3-3 ½ inches (7 ½ to 8 ½ cm) wide. They are sometimes referred to as “Texas Early Grano.” Many subvarieties have been developed. History Notes Grano Onions were developed from seed originally imported from Spain to Texas in 1925. The seed was called Valencia…
Maui Sweet Onions
These are big onions with round, flattened tops. They are juicy with a mild, sweet taste. The skin is generally white, but can have yellowish or greenish hues to it. They are grown in Hawaii in volcanic soil. After harvesting, they are left in the fields for a short while to cure, then bagged and…
Spanish Onions
Spanish Onions © Denzil Green Spanish Onions are large, sweet, mild onions that always seem to have just the right taste, and yield slices just the right size, for hamburgers. They are generally milder than regular white or yellow onions, though occasionally you will bite into a more pungent one (it depends on how much…
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…
Texas Grano 1015Y Supersweet Onions
This is a new sweet onion in the grand scheme of things, only available to growers since the early 1980s.When planted in the fall in the American south-west, it is ready for market by mid April. The size ranges from 3 to 4 inches wide (7.5 to 10 cm) It is grown in Texas and…
Vidalia Onions
Vidalia Onions © Denzil Green Vidalia brand onions are sweet, juicy, with a high sugar content and just a bit of a bite. The onions are actually not a botanical variety of onion. The name Vidalia is more of a brand name used for sweet onions grown in Georgia. Legally, 24 different varieties of onions…
Walla Walla Onions
To be called a Walla Walla Onion commercially, an onion must by law be grown from Walla Walla strain onion seed, and be grown in the Walla Walla Valley. The valley lays partly in Walla Walla County in the south-eastern part of Washington State, and partly in neighbouring Umatilla County in adjoining north-eastern Oregon. As…