Characteristics of the main types of onions
Type | Origin | Era | Description |
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White onions | |||
Barleta, elody, spring, white parisian, queen, Vaugirard, | Southeast, green belt of cities | March-September | small bulbs, green leaves, bunched |
White from Pompeii, Italy | Italy | March April | small white bulbs, green leaves, bunched |
Print, white dry, divino | Burgundy, Marne, Aisne | August September | bulb round, white |
by Rebouillon | South East | April-August | large white flattened bulbs, green leaves |
yellow onions | |||
Dinaro | Netherlands, Poland | september-june | bulb round, light yellow to straw yellow |
Sweet from the Cévennes (AOC), cénol | Cevennes, South-East | July-September | bulb round, light yellow |
Grano de oro or from Valencia | Spain, Southeast | large round bulb, straw yellow | |
Straw yellow of Virtues | The whole of France | July August | bulb flat, light yellow |
Liria | Spain | July August | flattened round bulb, golden yellow, yellowish flesh |
from Mazeres | The whole of France | september-april | bulb round, golden yellow |
from Mulhouse (Auxonne or Sélestat type), sturon or centurion | Burgundy, Marne, Aisne | August-October | flattened round bulb, coppery |
Stuttgart | Burgundy, Marne, Aisne | July-October | bulb flat, coppery yellow |
of Trebons | Hautes-Pyrénées | late May-early June | elongated bulb, sweet flavor, very digestible |
takmark, spirit, barito, summit, hyfield | Burgundy, Marne, Aisne, Aube | All year round | bulb round to round shouldered, coppery yellow |
Yellowstone, radar | Southeast, Burgundy, Beauce | June July | large round to elongated bulb, light yellow |
Red or pink onions | |||
Bronze of Amposta | South East | August-October | large round bulb, shiny red |
Figaro, tropea lunga | Italy, Netherlands, East of France | August-October | very elongated bulb, purple red |
Roscoff Roscoff (AOC) | Britain | september-march | bulb round, pinkish red |
Brunswick Red | South East | August-March | large, thick, dark red flat bulb |
Simiane or Florence red | Southeast, Southwest | July-October | large bulb, very elongated, dark red |
Tropea red | Italy | August to October | bulb round to elongated, purple-red |
European protected designations of onions in Europe:
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