Red Amposta Onion

Botanical Interests Packet

Looking for a great tasting red onion? This intermediate-day onion produces large, reddish-purple, globe-shaped onions with pretty red and white rings filled with snappy, sweet flavor. Use on sandwiches and hamburgers, in salads and relishes, or any other recipe calling for sweet red onion. Intermediate-day onions grow best across the middle of the U.S. in latitudes 32–42.

Approximate Seeds per Pkt: 130

Botanical Name: Allium cepa

Days to Maturity: 115 days

Family: Alliaceae

Native: Exists only in cultivation

Hardiness: Biennial grown as an annual

Variety Information: 3"–4" reddish- purple, globe-shaped, sweet onions.

Type: Intermediate-day, storage onion (Learn more)

Attributes: Storage

MFG Part Number: 0202