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'Red Hunter' Onions

Sub-Category:	Sweet/Salad

Sub-Category 2:
Description:	Allium cepa. Hybrid. Red sweet, short day onion. A red Grano type hybrid, rated sweetest on market by UGA. Both skin and interior rings very dark red. Good bolt tolerance, suitable for overwintering in mild areas with Vidalia-like climates. Disease resistant variety. Resistance to pink root. About 160 days to maturity.
Days To Maturity:	160
Seed Sources:	Twilley Seed - updated in 2019 Seedway - updated in 2019

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Overall: (5.0 Stars) Taste: (5.0 Stars) Yield: (5.0 Stars) Ease/Reliability: (5.0 Stars)

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Reviewed on 11/27/2025 by farmerdill - An experienced gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Richmond, Georgia, United States Frost Free Season: 183 - 203 days Soil Texture: Sand Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40') Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
Large to Jumbo grade red Grano type from Bejo. One of the sweetest reds on the market. Midseason. It has performed well with no bolting.

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