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'Red Wethersfield' Onions

Sub-Category:	Storage/Cooking

Sub-Category 2:
Description:	Long-day, heirloom, storage/cooking, sweet/salad type. Produces 4- to 6-inch, flattened-globe bulbs with deep purple-red skin and pinkish-white flesh with red circles. Grown since at least 1843. Grows well in northern climates. Reliable keeper with memorable flavor.
Days To Maturity:	100-115
Seed Sources:	Seed Savers Exchange - updated in 2014

Rating Summary

Overall: (4.0 Stars) Taste: (3.0 Stars) Yield: (4.0 Stars) Ease/Reliability: (4.0 Stars)

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Number of Reviews: 1

KEY: O=Overall Rating, T=Taste, Y=Yield, E=Ease

Reviewed on 05/30/2010 by bobdodster - An experienced gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States Frost Free Season: 163 - 183 days Soil Texture: Clay Garden Size: Medium - 400 square feet to 1,600 square feet Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
Easier to grow than most red onions but if you are looking for a sweet red onion this is not it. It is an extremely pungent cooking onion with excellent keeping qualities. I think that it it is the only red onion grown from sets . More flattened shape than most reds.

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