Alphabetical Listing 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.

80 days. Allium cepa. Open Pollinated. Bianca Di Maggio Onion. The plant produces beautiful, small, 3" wide white onions. Very sweet and mild. It is best to harvest onions when they are small. Perfect for soups, salads, pickling, cooking, gourmet dishes, or grilling as shish kabobs. These delicious small white onions command a high price at specialty markets. Sowing from August to October is possible where winter is moderate. An excellent choice for home gardens and specialty market growers. A variety from Italy. A long 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. (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.

120 days. Allium cepa. Open Pollinated. Evergreen White Bunching Onion. The plant produces excellent yields of bunching onions. It has white shanks and white skin, making it a very attractive scallion for gourmet dishes. Perfect for salads and garnishes. Slow to bolt. Hardy plants winter over for the spring crop. May be handled as a perennial by dividing the clumps in the second summer to produce a new crop. This variety is exclusively grown for green bunching onions. Suitable for both Northern and Southern regions. An excellent choice for home gardens and market growers. United States Department of Agriculture, PI 546250. A variety from the USA. Disease Resistant: PR S, TH.

85 days. Allium cepa. (F1) Georgia Boy Improved Onion. The plant produces good yields of extra-large 5" diameter yellow onions. It is a popular short-day yellow onion variety, particularly favored in the southern U.S., like Georgia, for producing large sweet onions similar to Vidalia types. This is one of the sweetest onions available. Excellent for salads, slicing, and cooking. Very similar to the famous Vidalia onions grown in Georgia. This onion was highly favored in University of Georgia trials. Excellent choice for home gardens, market growers, open field production, and commercial production. A variety from the USA. Disease Resistant: PR.

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.

66 days. Allium cepa. Open Pollinated. Heshiko Bunching Onion. The plant produces excellent yields of very flavorful bunching onions. Perfect for salads and garnishes. These onions never form bulbs. This variety will overwinter. Also known as He Shi Ko Bunching Onions. An excellent choice for home gardens, Farmer’s Markets, and market growers. United States Department of Agriculture, PI 656911. An heirloom from Japan. Disease Resistant: OYDV, PR, TH.

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.

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.

90 days. Allium cepa. Open Pollinated. Nebuka Evergreen Bunching Onion. The plant produces excellent yields of bunching onions. It has white shanks and white skin and grows in clusters. Perfect for salads, soups, stir-fries, fish, and garnishes. Used extensively in Japanese and Chinese cooking. Hardy plants winter over for spring crop. These green onions do not form bulbs and do not multiply by division. This variety is exclusively grown for green bunching onions. Cold Tolerant. An excellent choice for home gardens and market growers. United States Department of Agriculture, PI 546332. A variety from Japan. Disease Resistant: PR, S, TH.

Patterson Onion is a premium garden variety offering strong growth, dependable performance, and quality harvests for home gardeners.

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.

114 days. Allium cepa. (F1) Red Bull Onion. The plant produces excellent yields of large red onions. It has deep red skins and interior red rings. Great for salads, hamburgers, and sandwiches. Stores well. An excellent choice for home gardens and market growers. A variety from the USA. A long 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.

100 days. Allium cepa. Open Pollinated. Red Wethersfield Onion. The plant produces good yields of large globe shaped onions. The white flesh has red rings and nice strong flavor. Used in cooked dishes, salads, soups, and pickled. Excellent for home gardens. Good for onion sets. A variety developed in Weathersfield, Connecticut. United States Department of Agriculture, PI 546102. A variety from the USA. A long day variety.

115 days. Allium cepa. (F1) Red Zeppelin Onion. The plant produces excellent yields of 4" diameter red onions. It is a popular long-day red onion variety prized for its large, globe-shaped bulbs with deep reddish-purple skin and rings, slightly pungent flavor, high yields, and excellent storage qualities. Perfect for sandwiches, soups, salads, and cooking. Stores well for up to 6 months, allowing you to draw from your stored onions throughout the winter. Excellent choice for home gardens and market growers. A variety from the USA. Disease Resistant: FB, PR.

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.

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.

65 days. Allium cepa. Open Pollinated. Tokyo Long White Bunching Onion. The plant produces excellent yields of Japanese bunching onions. Onions have stiff shanks and are mostly single stems. A sweet and mild nonbulbing onion. Looks like a long, slim leek. Perfect for soups, salads, and garnishes. These green onions do not form bulbs and do not multiply by division. Suitable for summer and fall harvests. Heat Tolerant. An excellent choice for home gardens and market growers. A variety from the USA. Disease Resistant: PR, S, TH.

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

105 days. Allium cepa. Open Pollinated. Walla Walla Onion. The plant produces excellent yields of large yellow onions. Perfect for soups, salads, and cooking. The Spanish type onion is very sweet and very mild. Bulbs can reach 2 lbs. If you like sweet onions like the ones grown in Vidalia, Georgia, but don't have the short day climate required to grow them, you'll love this ultra mild variety. It matures up to 2 weeks sooner than other Spanish types and is very cold hardy. A variety from Washington State that does well in the Northwest region. Cold Tolerant. An excellent choice for home gardens and market growers. United States Department of Agriculture, PI 546205. A variety from the USA. A long day variety.

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.

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).

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.

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.