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Vegetable Seeds - Onion, Bulb Seed

Onion : Cipolla Ramata di Milano Straw brown skinned, top shaped tapering bulbs, with crisp white flesh ideal for storing through the autumn and winter for all culinary uses. From Thompson & Morgan Price: £1.69   More Information

Onion : Cipolla Rossa di Toscana Glossy, red skinned, deeper, more top shaped bulbs of darker flesh with red tinge to the rings. Flavour is quite pungent. Ideal for storing and using throughout the autumn and winter. From Thompson & Morgan Price: £1.69   More Information

Onion : Hi Keeper F1 Hybrid The best bulb variety to sow outdoors in autumn for overwintering, producing quality bulbs, 120g (4oz) in weight. Ideal for the exhibitor as well as the kitchen. Good winter hardiness. From Thompson & Morgan Price: £2.29   More Information

Onion : Hystar F1 - Organic A mid early-ripening hybrid producing firm, round bulbs with excellent skin quality and impeccable flavour. Gives good yields of tasty onions, which also store well for winter use. Bulbs will store a long time before sprouting. From Thompson & Morgan Price: £1.99   More Information

Onion : Marco F1 Hybrid New 2008. A maincrop variety with excellent storage capabilities, often staying in good condition until March. Thin necked, straw coloured round bulbs grow to a good size in most soils and have a good disease tolerance. From Thompson & Morgan Price: £1.59   More Information

Bulb Onion Seed Ailsa Craig Selected Large bulbs often used for exhibition. To ensure colour, shape and finish sow in January under glass at 18-21degsC (65-70degsF). Can also be sown outdoors in March and April. Not recommended for long storage. From Suttons Seeds Price: £1.25   More Information

Bulb Onion Seed Bedfordshire Champion 1000 Seeds Globe-shaped maincrop for spring sowing. A solid Onion which keeps well. From Suttons Seeds Price: £4.00   More Information

Bulb Onion Seed Bedfordshire Champion 250 Seeds Globe-shaped maincrop for spring sowing. A solid Onion which keeps well. From Suttons Seeds Price: £1.30   More Information

Bulb Onion Seed Brunswick Medium-sized onion with blood-red skin and white flesh of mild flavour. Excellent keeping qualities. From Suttons Seeds Price: £1.75   More Information

Bulb Onion Seed F1 Kamal A first-class, deliciously flavoured vareity with a good strong red colour, both inside and out. The bulbs are a very uniform round to globe shape, with thin necks, show good tolerance to mildew, and store well. From Suttons Seeds Price: £2.00   More Information

Bulb Onion Seed Sweet Spanish Yellow Round, medium-sized, yellow-brown onions that are so mild-flavoured, sweet and delicious that you can eat them raw like an apple! Produces large bulbs if sown early under glass. Good storage ability. Good source of vitamin C, calcium and iron. Some tolerance to thrips and mildew. From Suttons Seeds Price: £1.45   More Information

Japanese Bulb Onion Seed Senshyu Semi-Globe Yellow Good crop of round, straw-coloured bulbs by early July. From Suttons Seeds Price: £2.15   More Information

Onion (Bulb) Hytech F1 seeds A particularly well flavoured variety with good medium to long term storage capability. The superb quality onions are uniformly shaped and have good skin colour. Maturing time approximately 24 weeks from sowing. From Dobies Price: £1.80   More Information

Onion (Pickling) Brown Pickling SY300 seeds A pale-brown skinned, early ripening variety widely used by professional growers. The small solid bulbs do not go soft when pickled in vinegar. Ideal for stir fry dishes and barbecues. Row 3.6m (12'). From Dobies Price: £1.10   More Information

Onion : Ailsa Craig : Giant/Show Vegetable A splendid exhibition variety of golden merit producing large globe shaped onions with a rich, golden straw coloured skin. As well as being a super show variety, it is also one of the best varieties for general cultivation producing large onions with an excellent mild flavour. From Thompson & Morgan Price: £1.69   More Information

Onion : Bunton's Showstopper Award-winning exhibition onion, perfected over a number of years by breeder, Ken Bunton. Specially bred for good shape, a larger base and impeccable skin quality, with the bonus of a flavour that is mild, flavoursome and perfect for the kitchen. Exhibitor onion weighing up to 2.27kg (5lb) From Thompson & Morgan Price: £1.99   More Information

Onion : Hystar F1 (Organic) A mid early-ripening hybrid producing firm, round bulbs with excellent skin quality and impeccable flavour. Gives good yields of tasty onions, which also store well for winter use. Bulbs will store a long time before sprouting. From Thompson & Morgan Price: £1.99   More Information

Onion : Red Baron A mid-late maturing variety with flattish-round bulbs of a beautiful dark red colour. An excellent cropper producing attractive, firm well flavoured bulbs which keep well. From Thompson & Morgan Price: £1.99   More Information

Onion Red Beard Speedy Seeds A mild flavoured red Salad Onion with red shaft and broad green leaves. (Often called Baby Vegetables, specially bred variety ideal for gardening in small spaces, be it in the garden or increasingly in patio containers.) From Suttons Seeds Price: £1.45   More Information

Onion Seed (Bulb) Bedfordshire Champion This heavy cropping and good keeping variety produces large, pleasantly flavoured globe-shaped bulbs. Row 6m (20'). From Dobies Price: £0.80   More Information

Onion Seed (Bulb) Bedfordshire Champion Triplepack This heavy cropping and good keeping variety produces large, pleasantly flavoured globe-shaped bulbs. Row 18m (60'). From Dobies Price: £1.80   More Information

Onion Seed (Bulb) F1 Hytech An excellent variety that will produce a good crop of uniform, round, brown-skinned onions that have a great flavour and store well over a long period of time. From Suttons Seeds Price: £1.75   More Information

Onion Seed (Bulb) Red Baron A flavoursome maincrop, thin necked semi-globe to globe shaped, deep red Onion. Very good for over-winter storage. Row 6m (20'). From Dobies Price: £1.10   More Information

Onion Seed (Bulb) Red Pearl F1 A first-rate variety with strong red external colour and pearl-like, white flesh. Excellent flavour, good storage ability - unusual in red onions - and good tolerance to Mildew. Row 4.5m (15'). From Dobies Price: £1.35   More Information

Pickling Onion Seed Brown Pickling SY 300 A pale brown skinned early ripening pickling variety widely used by professional growers. The rather curious name is an anomaly - a trial number which became registered as the name. The small solid bulbs have a high dry matter content, store very well and do not go soft when pickled in vinegar. From Suttons Seeds Price: £1.25   More Information

Pickling Onion Seed Paris Silverskin Excellent for pickling. From Suttons Seeds Price: £1.30   More Information

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