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'Red Beard' Onions

Sub-Category:	Bunching/Scallions/Green

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Description:	Bunching onion. 10- to 26-inch plants with red tinge near base. Cold weather encourges red color.
Days To Maturity:	45-85
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Overall: (3.0 Stars) Taste: (5.0 Stars) Yield: (4.0 Stars) Ease/Reliability: (3.0 Stars)

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Number of Reviews: 1

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Reviewed on 12/12/2006 by starwoodfarm - An experienced gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Baker, Oregon, United States Frost Free Season: Fewer than 103 days Soil Texture: Clay Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40') Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
I often pulled these when small while working in the garden and munched them. Really good and mild. And when they turned pink they were so pretty. But the green part didn't get a real healthy deep green. They looked malnourished. Maybe they were. I'm learning.

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