History
Originating from America in the 1900's, when a retired French soldier, Peter Pieri, took seeds from Corsica to the Walla Walla Valley of Washington, Sweet Onions have become a well known onion variety and have helped to increase onion consumption in the USA by about 20%. In some places in America, and at certain times of the year, Sweet Onions are the only onion available to buy.

With increased worldwide travel, food tastes have also travelled globally and Sweet Onions have been a great success in South Africa. Here in the UK, Sweet Onions are growing in popularity and once you've tasted a Sweet Onion - we're convinced you'll want to buy them again.

Working closely with a global grower base, Rustler Produce is proud to be able to bring you Sweet Onions all year round. Moving from country to country throughout the year ensures that the sweetest, freshest onions are bought and delivered back to the UK.

Our Sweet Onions are sourced from the countries below.
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Growing Sweet Onions
Most onion varieties form bulbs when the temperature and number of daylight hours reach certain levels. Sweet Onions are known as a short-day onion. Short-day refers to the hours of daylight required to activate bulbing. The larger the onion plant at the time the bulb is formed, the larger and sweeter the onion. Short-day onions start forming bulbs when there are 11-12 hours of daylight; whereas long-day varieties need more than 14 hours of daylight.