Onion 'Italian Long Keeper'

Allium cepa

Winner of “Best Flavour” in our 2021 storage onion trials, large white globes with golden skin and excellent storage capacity. The sweet depth of flavour in ‘Italian Long Keeper’ as opposed to the single note of pungency in the other storage brown onions was a pleasant surprised. Intermediate to long-day length type.

Selected for the classic globe shape, long storage ability, single core and sweet smell.

• Intermediate to long- day length type best grown with 13-16 hours daylight for max bulb size
• Long Storage, Tight neck
• Golden skinned, white globe
• Complex flavour profile with sweetness combined with pungency

The flavour of ‘Italian Long Keeper’ permeates the taste of soups, stews, fried potatoes, omelettes, etc noticeably. The sweetness was perceivable just frying them and brought about comments and questions from guests - noting how appealing the flavour is.

While the sweetness does taper towards the end of winter, they still noticeably held a more complex flavour through until December after 9 months in storage (harvested Mid March from a September sowing).

Certified Demeter Biodynamic and Certified Organic

SEED COUNT: 200, 1000 approx.
Germination: Lot#17390 88% June 2025

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