ONION
Allum cepa
Family: LILIACEAE

		SOW (KG/HA)			DISTANCE (CM)
SEED COUNT PER GRAMME	GERM. LASTS YEARS	DIRECT SOWING	TRANSPLANT	DEPTH OF SOWING CM	ROW-TO-ROW	PLANT-TO-PLANT	SPROUTING TIME (DAYS)
250-300	1-2	4-5	1,5	0,5-1	30	6-8	10-15

VARIETY	MATURITY	COLOUR	SHAPE	BULBS SIZE	STORAGE	UTILIZATION INDUSTRY FRESH MARKET
Short day type
Aviv	very early	white	flat/round	small	short	pickling onion
Pompei	very early	white	flat/round	small	short	pickling/fresh market
Barletta	very early	white	flat/round	small	short	pickling/fresh market
White Queen	early	white	flat	medium/large	short	fresh market
Red Creole	medium early	light red	round	medium	short	fresh market
Medium-day type
Tonda Musona	medium early	white	round	medium/large	short	fresh market
White Lisbon-Gross	early	white	round	medium/large	short	fresh market
Texas Early Grano 502	medium early	yellow	globe	medium/large	short	fresh market
Valenciana Temprana-Babosa	medium early	yellow	round	large	short	fresh market
Red Savonese	medium early	pink	globe	large	short	fresh market
Red Italian	medium early	dark red	flat	large	short	fresh market
Brunswick	medium early	dark red	globe	large	short	fresh market
Tropeana rossa tonda	medium early	red-violet	round	large	short	fresh market
Rossa lunga di Firenze	medium early	violet	torpedo	very large	short	salad onion

VARIETY	MATURITY	COLOUR	SHAPE	BULBS SIZE	STORAGE	UTILIZATION INDUSTRY FRESH MARKET
White Utah Jumbo	late	white	round	alarge	fair	fresh market
Borettana	late	straw yellow	flat	small	fair	for conservation
Stuttgart Giant	late	golden	flat	medium/large	good	for conservation
Density 4	late	golden	round	large	very good	for conservation
Valenciana tardia	late	golden	round	large	good	for conservation
Dorata di Parma	late	golden	top	large	good	for conservation
Ramata di Milano	late	golden	top	large	good	for conservation
Piatta di Bergamo	late	pinkish red	flat	small	fair	pickling onion
Red Amposta	late	copper red	round	large	good	for conservation
Vernina di Firenze	late	violet	top	large	good	for conservation
Ramata rossa di Milano	late	blood red	top	large	good	for conservation