General Description

• Small onions with red to deep red coloured skin
• Flesh is white with red rings
• Also called Spanish or salad onions
• Will not store as long as brown onions
• Very sweet – can be eaten raw
• Not all red onions are mild – some varieties can be quite hot (pungent)
• Good in salads, or in cooking
• Common varieties grown in Australia are Red Marksman, Oaklands Red and Calabrese
• Available: all year

Season: Summer,Autumn,Winter,Spring

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Availablity: January,February,March,April,May,June,July,August,September,October,November,December

Growing Areas: 

QLD – Fassifern Valley, Lockyer Valley
NSW – Bathurst, Cowra, Dareton, Finley, Forbes, Griffith, Jerilderie
VIC – Colac, Gippsland, Werribee
TAS – North Midlands, North West Coast
SA – Adelaide Plains, Riverland, South East
WA – Manjimup, Pemberton, Perth Melbourne Outer Areas
NT – Katherine