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  • From: "Rob Johnston Jr." <rob AT johnnyseeds.com>
  • To: Market Farming <market-farming AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: bunching onions
  • Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2002 10:14:29 -0500


> Great idea Lori. Scallions always sold well for me at the market. I
> actually harvested from the same area for 3 years from one original
> planting. They were fine.

Be careful...only the species Allium fistulosum, sometimes called Welch
onion, is perennial. For example the varieties Evergreen Hardy White
and White Spear. The "red" variety, Deep Purple, is A.cepa, an annual
for marketing purposes.

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Robert L. Johnston, Jr.
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Post: RD 1 Box 2580, Albion, Maine 04910 USA
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