Walla Walla's onion hero, Peter Pieri ... and have to be picked and processed by hand -- gently. At the packing plant I visited in Vidalia, one worker's job was to hold a cushion at the end ...

Description: Large, sweet-flavored long-day onion, can be round or flat. Yellow skin. Propagation: From seed or sets. Cultivation: Plant seeds in midfall in soil enriched with humus. Full sun.

When is the best time to plant Walla Walla onions? Onions fall into that class of veggies we refer to as “cool season”. Root crops like spuds, onions, radishes, turnips and carrots and leaf ...

WALLA WALLA, Wash. — It took 10 years for Michael J. Locati to develop a red-colored Walla Walla sweet onion. While harvesting, Locati and his uncle noticed that certain onions […] ...

Walla Walla sweet onions, Washington's official state vegetable ... Typically, Locati keeps up to five bins full of onions for seed. Locati plants bulbs in September and again in March.

This will help them last longer. Walla Wallas are mild, sweet and do not keep very long. Plant some Copra onions if you want some long keepers. It is still not too late. Q: Can I still plant beets ...

After arriving from the field and being dried, onions are sorted for size and trained eyes look for defects, such as nicks made during harvest. The Walla Walla River Packing Company packs most of ...

WALLA WALLA — Summer brings warmer and longer ... “Hopefully, it’ll be on someone’s BBQ by 8.” The farm plants onions three times a year to ensure a steady supply of the vegetables ...