Walla Walla Sweet Onion Sets

Days to Maturity: 90

An open pollinated, cold hardy variety, Walla Walla Sweet Onion, the pride of Walla Walla, Washington, is grown as a bulb vegetable. The plants set large, up to 6-inch, semi-flat, golden-skinned bulbs with firm-textured white flesh that has half the sulfur content of an ordinary onion, which means no tears and a mild, super sweet flavor with less “bite.” An all-purpose yellow onion and recipe staple, Walla Walla is as sweet as Vidalia onions. Since they are early maturing, they can also be grown in intermediate-day areas. Use raw, sauted, grilled, baked, roasted, or their especially good caramelized. Onions are a good source of folate and vitamin C. Storage potential is approximately 1 month.

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