Details

• Day Length Requirement: Peaceful Valley considers them to be Intermediate and Long Day
• Type: 
• Shape: torpedo-shaped
• Color: red to purple skin, light red flesh
• Maturity: 95-200 days
• Size: 6-8″ long, 3″ wide
• Taste: mild, sweet flavor
• Disease Resistance or Environmental Tolerance: 
  • red cultivars are thought to be especially prone to bolting (RIEOG-356)
• Storage: short keeper

Notes:

• best suited to the south
• decorative; especially suited as a salad onion

Sources: (where to buy)

• Peaceful Valley Farm: $3.99 for 1 lb of transplants

Results from My Garden:

• 2010-2011: 14 onions harvested; 4 lbs total; 4.5 oz each
• 2011-2012: 9 onions harvested; 3 lbs total; 5 oz each
• 2012-2013: no records kept
• 2013-2014: 1 lb transplants = 26 onions
  • planted biointensively @ 4″ in late October (10/31)
  • only a few bolted in early May (2 large scallions)
  • had to harvest very early (mid-May), so they didn’t get to be full-sized
  • Total Harvest:
    • 13 onions, 2.25 lbs total
    • small-medium sized bulbs, averaging 3-4 oz (not fully sized when harvested)