Onion Varieties

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short day varieties

Texas Legend

50-75 Texas Legend onion plants per bunch
Yellow, globe shaped, sweet, open pollinated
Size Potential: Up to 6″
Storage Potential: 3 to 4 months
Days to Harvest: 105

Revered for its uniformity, Texas Legend onions are a pollinator for hybrid varieties grown in Vidalia, GA. Specifically bred for more healthful benefits than its parent variety, the original 1015Y Texas Supersweet, Texas Legend onions are still as mild and sweet! Texas Legend onions actually contains 25 active compounds that inhibit the growth of cancerous cells, help combat heart disease, and stimulate the immune system. It is also antibacterial and anti-fungal, to help ward off colds and relieve stomach upset and other gastrointestinal disorders.

1015Y Texas Super Sweet

50-75 1015 onion plants per bunch
Yellow, globe shaped, sweet, open pollinated

Size Potential: Up to 6″
Storage Potential: 2 to 3 months
Days to Harvest: 115

1015Y Texas Super Sweet Onions are Texas’s most famous onions and are also some of the sweetest! It’s called the 1015Y in honor of the ideal date to plant the seed (Oct 15th), and Y stands for yellow. Whether you are a novice or beginner, the Texas Super Sweet Onions are the perfect onion to add to your garden.

Texas Early White Onion

50-75 onion plants per bunch
White, globe shape, sweet, open pollinated

Size Potential: 5″
Storage Potential: Approximately 2 months
Days to Harvest: 105

If you want a white onion that has a great reputation for ease of growing, flavor, and disease resistance, you should check out the Texas Early White onion plants. It actually won an award for the distinctions previously noted, the 2012 Direct Gardening Association “Green Thumb” award. These sweet, globe shaped, open-pollinated Texas Early White onions are resistant to greening, bolting, and single centers. It also has a great pink-root tolerance.

Southern Belle Red Onion

50-75 plants per bunch
Red, globe shape, sweet, hybrid

Size Potential: 4″
Storage Potential: Approximately 2 months
Days to Harvest: 110

If you want a white onion that has a great reputation for ease of growing, flavor, and disease resistance, you should check out the Texas Early White onion plants. It actually won an award for the distinctions previously noted, the 2012 Direct Gardening Association “Green Thumb” award. These sweet, globe shaped, open-pollinated Texas Early White onions are resistant to greening, bolting, and single centers. It also has a great pink-root tolerance.

Yellow Granex Onion

50-75 Yellow Granex onion plants per bunch
Yellow, semi-flat, sweet, hybrid

Size Potential: Up to 5″
Storage Potential: Approximately 1 month
Days to Harvest: 100

The Yellow Granex variety was developed right here in Carrizo Springs, Texas by basically crossing the 1015 and the Bermuda to make a deep, flat onion. You may not grow them as sweet as the famous Vidalia, Georgia onions, but they will be the sweetest variety in your garden! This onion variety was approved through vigorous testing to be allowed to be called a
Vidalia onion.

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White Bermuda Onion

50-75 White Bermuda onion plants per bunch
White, flat, sweet, open pollinated

Size Potential: 3-4″
Storage Potential: Approximately 2 months
Days to Harvest: 95

White Bermuda onion plants are our recommendation for early green onions as they produce a nice white, large scallion in just 30 days! This heirloom variety was grown by our great-grandfather in 1913 when he planted some of the first onions in the Bermuda colony by our farm.

Red Creole Onion

30 Bunches (1500-2250 plants)
Dark red, globe shape, pungent,
open pollinated

Size Potential: 3-4″
Storage Potential: Approximately 6-7 months
Days to Harvest: 110

The Yellow Granex variety was developed right here in Carrizo Springs, Texas by basically crossing the 1015 and the Bermuda to make a deep, flat onion. You may not grow them as sweet as the famous Vidalia, Georgia onions, but they will be the sweetest variety in your garden! This onion variety was approved through vigorous testing to be allowed to be called a Vidalia onion.

Intermediate day varieties

Candy Onion

50-75 Candy onion plants per bunch
Yellow, globe shaped, sweet, hybrid

Size Potential: Up to 6″
Storage Potential: Approximately 3 months
Days to Harvest: 90-100

The most popular and recommended variety we offer is Candy! This onion is great for anyone that has never had much success growing onions. Candy onion plants are so easy to grow due to their strong root system and disease resistance.

Red Candy Apple Onion

50-75 Red Candy Apple onion plants per bunch
Deep red, flattened globe shape, sweet, hybrid

Size Potential: 3″
Storage Potential: 2-3 months
Days to Harvest: 85-95

Dixondale Farms is proud to have the exclusive on this onion variety! Red Candy Apple has proved to be a reliable red intermediate day onion year after year. Although smaller in size, Red Candy onions can be pushed to grow larger in long days areas with additional nitrogen.

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Super Star Onion

50-75 Super Star onion plants per bunch
White, globe shaped, sweet, hybrid

Size Potential: 4″
Storage Potential: 2 months
Days to Harvest: 95

Super Star onions are also known as Sierra Blanca. Super Star is the only white onion ever to win the coveted All-American Selection. This is a proven variety for intermediate and northern short day areas. Super Star onions’ strong tall foliage will protect the bulbs from sunburning.

long day varieties

Walla Walla Onion

50-75 Walla Walla onion plants per bunch
Yellow, semi-flat, sweet, open pollinated

Size Potential: Up to 6″
Storage Potential: Approximately 1 month
Days to Harvest: 90

Walla Walla onion plants have been a customer favorite for years for its flavor and ease in growing, and is the pride of Washington State! They were brought to Walla Walla, Washington by a French soldier brought from Corsica, Italy over a century ago. Bulbs are early maturing, cold hardy, and have relatively low sulfur content.

Yellow Spanish Onion

50-75 Yellow Spanish onion plants per bunch
Yellow, globe shaped, mild, open pollinated

Size Potential: 6″
Storage Potential: 4 months
Days to Harvest: 100

Yellow Spanish onion plants produce a jumbo size bulb (1 lb.) with white flesh. Matures early to fill the slot in your garden after Walla Walla and before the storage varieties. Gardeners love Yellow Spanish onion plants because they grow quickly without much effort. Grows well in intermediate day areas if planted early.

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Ringmaster Onion

30 Bunches (1500-2250 plants)
White, globe shaped, mild, open pollinated

Size Potential: 5″
Storage Potential: 4 months
Days to Harvest: 105

Ringmaster onions have large bulbs with firm white rings surrounding a single center. The sweet and mild flavor is perfect for cooking, and of course, making delicious fried onion rings. The firm white bulbs have a mild flesh and dark green tops just right for green onions.

Highlander

50-75 Highlander onion plants per bunch
Yellow, slightly flat globe shaped, sweet, hybrid

Size Potential: 3-4″
Storage Potential: 4-5 months
Days to Harvest: 85-90

Highlander onions’ slightly flat, globe-shaped bulbs are lighter in color than most long day varieties, but the bulbs are very firm with thin necks. Highlander is the main variety planted by large onion farmers in the northeastern United States for early marketing. Excellent yield potential with primarily jumbo production.

Redwing Onion

350-75 Redwing onion plants per bunch
Red, globe shaped, slightly pungent, hybrid

Size Potential: 3 to 3.5″
Storage Potential: 8-10 months
Days to Harvest: 100-120

Redwing onions are the most popular long day red onion grown by commercial growers. Simply the best long day red onion grown in the Northern areas. Deep internal red color continues to develop during storage.

shallots and leeks

Traditional Shallot Plants

Red to brown in color, round shaped, hybrid

Size Potential: up to 2″ wide
Storage Potential: Approximately 7-8 months
Days to Harvest: 110-120

Shallots have great storage potential! A traditional shaped shallot with slightly higher shoulders like French Shallots. Red rust colored skin and light pink flesh with bulbs measuring up to 2″. Add shallots to any dish for great flavor! Each bunch of shallots contains 50-60 plants. Traditional shallot plants are a true long day variety that will grow best in the northernmost areas of the country.

Lancelot Leek Plants

Long, white shafts have blue/green upright flag

Size Potential: 12-14″ shafts
Days to Harvest: 75

Lancelot Leeks are great for soups, salads, and roasting. Each full bunch of leek plants contains approximately 50-60 plants. Leeks are not daylength sensitive. As long as you keep blanching them (throwing dirt up on the shaft), they will continue to grow. These long 12-14″ shafts are ideal for appearance and flavor. Leek plants are priced separately due to high production costs. Free growing guide included. Plant 4-5″ deep. Fertilize just like onions.

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