Onions

Onions are a staple crop for both farmers and chefs. We have focused on storage onions in our trials, which include red and pink and yellow. We seed onions indoors and transplant out to the field. We have not experienced strong disease or insect pressure in our trials

Table Key

Best disease scores = least disease observed

Best Good Acceptable Poor
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Red

BLUSH (F1)

BREEDER
Bejo Seeds

DESCRIPTION: high yielding pink, similar to Red Carpet and Red Hawk in a pink onion.
SEED AVAILABLE FROM: Johnny’s Selected Seeds  External Link

Flavor Production Disease Earliness
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RED CARPET (F1)

BREEDER
Bejo Seeds

DESCRIPTION: Beautiful baseball size red. Highest yielding. Does not store as well as Red Wing.
SEED AVAILABLE FROM: High Mowing Organic Seeds  External Link

Flavor Production Disease Earliness
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RED HAWK (F1)

BREEDER
Bejo Seeds

DESCRIPTION: Very close or equal to Red Carpet for yield.
SEED AVAILABLE FROM: Johnny’s Selected Seeds  External Link

Flavor Production Disease Earliness
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RED WING (F1)

BREEDER
Bejo Seeds

DESCRIPTION: Good storage and production.
SEED AVAILABLE FROM: Johnny’s Selected Seeds  External Link

Flavor Production Disease Earliness
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Yellow

DAKOTA TEARS (OP) (OSSI)

BREEDER
Theresa and Dan Podoll, Prarie Road Organic Seeds

DESCRIPTION: Lower yielding but very good flavor, with high brix. Best storage of the OP varieties, equivalent to Sedona and Cortland
SEED AVAILABLE FROM: Prairie Road Organic Seeds,  External Link High Mowing Organic Seeds  External Link and Fedco Seeds  External Link

Flavor Production Disease Earliness
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CORTLAND

BREEDER
Bejo Seeds

DESCRIPTION: reliable, high yielding, good storage
SEED AVAILABLE FROM: multiple companies.

Flavor Production Disease Earliness
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SEDONA

BREEDER
Bejo Seeds

DESCRIPTION: Similar to Cortland in yield.
SEED AVAILABLE FROM: High Mowing Organic Seeds  External Link

Flavor Production Disease Earliness
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