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Sweet onion is a varity of onion that is not pungent. There are several varieties of sweet onion. Although all onions have sugar, sweet onions have a very low sulfur content as compared to typical onions. Also, the water content is comparitavely very high. These differences emphasize the sweetness of the onion.
Origins in the Americas
The first Sweet onions in America were planted in Walla Walla, Washington, around 1900. The Walla Walla Sweet Onion originated on the Island of Corsica, off the west coast of Italy. A French soldier named Peter Pieri found an Italian sweet onion seed and brought it to the Walla Walla Valley.
Impressed by the new onion's winter hardiness, Pieri, and the Italian immigrant farmers who comprised much of Walla Walla's gardening industry, harvested the seed. The sweet onion developed over several generations through the process of carefully hand selecting onions from each year's crop, ensuring exceptional sweetness, jumbo size and round shape. While these became popular locally, Sweet onions did not become popular on a large scale until farmers in Georgia began marketing the Vidalia onion.
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http://www.sweetonionsource.com/ http://www.lowfatlifestyle.com/flavoring/garlic_onions_leeks/sweethybridonions.htm http://www.verisweet.com/generalinfosweetonions.html
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