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Days to Maturity: 85

An open-pollinated, Wethersfield type (a historic variety of renown) and Karmen variety, Red Onion is grown as a bulb vegetable. The plant sets medium-sized, flattened bulbs with excellent purple-red color, internal red concentric circles, and strong, pleasant flavor. Use grilled, roasted, pickled, or raw on salads and sandwiches. Onions are a good source of folate and vitamin C. Storage potential good. This variety can also be grown as green onions.

This plant is a member of the amaryllis family (Amaryllidaceae). Typically grown as an annual, the onion is an herbaceous biennial plant with an upright habit of linear, cylindrical, hollow, glaucous leaves that arise in a basal rosette and are typically bluish green in color. The plant has a medium growth rate.

Onions are great companion plants in the garden. They naturally deter certain garden pests, like aphids, Japanese beetles, sugar beet-flea