Details

• Day Length Requirement:
  • originally were a short day onion, but they have been adjusted to grow well in long day areas
  • Peaceful Valley considers them to be an Intermediate and Long Day variety
  • Rodale’s Illustrated Encyclopedia considers them to be a Long Day variety
• Type:
• Shape: round
• Color: light brown skin, light yellow flesh
• Maturity: 100-125 days
• Size: ?
• Taste: 
  • relatively low in sulfur, which means they are a very mild onion
  • high water content (85% water) results in great flavor because it dilutes the sulfur
  • crisp and juicy sweet onion
  • mild enough to eat raw
• Disease Resistance: ?
• Storage: 
  • limited; just a couple of months
  • consider them to be seasonal and perishable
  • high water and low sulfur content makes them not good for storing

Notes:

• very cold hardy
• sulfur causes the strong, pungent onion flavor, while water & sugar content result in sweeter flavor

Sources: (where to buy)

• Peaceful Valley Farm

Results from My Garden:

• 2010-2011: harvested 9 bulbs = 5 lbs; 9 oz on average
• 2011-2012: no records kept
• 2012-2013: no records kept
• 2013-2014: 1 lb of transplants = 41 plants
  • planted biointensively at 4″ on 10/31/13
  • bolted in early May; pulled those to eat (14 large scallions)
  • had to harvest early (5/13/14), so they hadn’t gotten big yet… (26 small to medium bulbs
  • confused on maturity days:
    • stated to be 100-125 days
    • I pulled them at 194 days (May), but they still hadn’t formed full bulbs
    • also, I planted them according to their recommendations (Oct-Nov)
    • so maybe the over-wintering days don’t count?
  • Total Harvest:
    • 14 large scallions
    • 26 small to medium bulbs