Non-Hybrid Onion Plants

Italian Red Torpedo

• Italian Red Torpedo is an Italian heirloom variety of onion. It is elongated in shape, resembling a torpedo, thus the name. Italian Red Torpedo has a reddish-purplish skin and a sweet, mild-flavored and tender flesh. It does well in cooler areas and is frost-tolerant. Italian Red Torpedo has a 98- to 120-day period to maturity.

Walla Walla

• Walla Walla is a good sweet onion for northern gardeners. It is a globe-shaped yellow onion with a sweet, white flesh. Walla Walla was first planted in the valley area near Walla Walla, Washington, at the beginning of the 1900s. It has a 110-day period to maturity.

Ringmaster White

• Ringmaster White is a white, sweet Spanish strain of onion that is large-globed with a single center and a firm, mild-flavored flesh. It is a perfect variety for slicing to make into onion rings. Ringmaster White has excellent storage qualities. It matures in approximately 110 days.

Red Burgundy

• Red Burgundy is a purplish-red, flat-shaped onion with a smooth, glossy skin and whitish-pink flesh that has a mild, sweet flavor. It is a short-day variety of onion best suited for southern gardens. Red Burgundy has excellent storage capacity and matures in 100 days.