Vegetable

• Crops in : June-October for salads. August for mature bulbs to store

Description

A dual purpose Italian variety with a pungent flavour. Best grown as a salad onion with nice, dark green leaves and a shiny, intense red inner core.

Can also be grown as a maincrop, storing bulb onion. When fully mature it shows off its defined red and white inner rings.

Sowing Instructions

Sow March-August for salads, March-April as a bulb onion, Best sown thickly in broad drills for pulling as salad/ bunching onions. Sow 13mm (½in) deep, in drills 30cm (12in) apart. If sowing for mature bulbs, sow seed more thinly.

Aftercare

Will grow in any fertile, well-drained soil in full sun. Keep well watered.

Nutritional Information

For years onions have been used as one of the oldest medicines for their anti-bacterial, antiseptic and anti-asthmatic properties. They have also shown to lower blood pressure and cholesterol levels.

Kitchen Notes

The vivid red stems and bright green leaves add colour to any salad.