Description

A specially selected collection of our favourite onion varieties – winners in the kitchen and on the show bench!

Contents:

• Detailed Cultivation Instructions (preview them here)
• 3 Packets of Onion Seeds:

–Ailsa Craig

Ailsa Craig is a reliable old favourite introduced as far back as 1887 and remains a standard on allotments and show benches to this day, prized for its large bulbs that have a straw coloured skin and a mild flavour.

–North Holland Blood Red

North Holland Blood Red is a dual use onion with a vibrant red colour that can be used for both spring onions or medium sized bulb onions.

–Cuisse de Poulet du Poitou

Introduced prior to 1944, this is a banana-type shallot that also goes by the name of Zebrune. Once you’ve grown this it will be the only shallot you’ll ever want to grow again! The large, pink-tinged bulbs are of the finest flavour we have found.

Onions are a supremely versatile vegetable in both the garden and the kitchen and are one of the most valuable crops we can grow. With careful planning and by sowing the right varieties at the right time we can have fresh onions of one type or another every day of the year. In this collection we’ve put together three of our favourite heirloom varieties, carefully chosen because we’ve found them to taste delicious and perform well, in the garden, the kitchen and on the show bench at our local horticultural show!

The cultivation notes have been put together based on the course material for our spring Grow Your Own course and we hope we will see some of you there. If you’re not joining us, these cultivation notes give you all the information you need to grow along at home though, and you can also grow along with us online by following us on Facebook or Instagram, where we’d love to see how you get on too.