Vegetables & Fruits

This old Italian heirloom is commonly used in Italy for pinzimonio, a colorful mixture of raw vegetables served with a separate bowl of olive oil, vinegar, and salt. Use this colorful, torpedo-type, young red onion in almost any dish requiring onions. Hard to find in grocery stores, so grow it at home!

Weight: 1 gram (~200 seeds)

This Italian heirloom has been available to gardeners since the late 1800s, but is hard to find in stores. The wine-colored, flattened globes are 1″ high by 2″–3″ in diameter. Their sweet flavor is delicious fresh or cooked—perfect for roasting and grilled kebabs.

Weight: 750mg (~174 seeds)

Looking for a great tasting red onion? This intermediate-day onion produces large, reddish-purple, globe-shaped onions with pretty red and white rings filled with snappy, sweet flavor. Use on sandwiches and hamburgers, in salads and relishes, or any other recipe calling for sweet red onion. Intermediate-day onions grow best across the middle of the U.S. in latitudes 32–42.

Weight: 750mg (~130 seeds)

The ‘Sweet Spanish’ onion was grown in the U.S. at least as far back as 1916. ‘Yellow Sweet Spanish Utah’ is from that early type, producing large, 3″–6″ globe-shaped bulbs with amazingly mild, sweet flavor. A long-day variety, it grows best in states north of the 37th parallel. Utah designated this onion the state vegetable in 2002. Caramelize onions for the perfect patty melt condiment.

Weight: 750mg (~180 seeds)