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Allium cepa 'Ailsa Craig Exhibition'

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Family: Alliaceae
Genus: Allium (AL-ee-um) (Info)
Species: cepa (KEP-uh) (Info)
Cultivar: Ailsa Craig Exhibition

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Category:
Vegetables

Height:
12-18 in. (30-45 cm)

Spacing:
3-6 in. (7-15 cm)

Hardiness:
Not Applicable

Sun Exposure:
Full Sun

Danger:
Handling plant may cause skin irritation or allergic reaction

Bloom Color:
Unknown - Tell us

Bloom Time:
Unknown - Tell us

Foliage:
Herbaceous

Other details:
Average Water Needs; Water regularly; do not overwater
This plant is resistant to deer

Soil pH requirements:
6.1 to 6.5 (mildly acidic)
6.6 to 7.5 (neutral)

Patent Information:
Unknown - Tell us

Propagation Methods:
From seed; direct sow outdoors in fall

Seed Collecting:
N/A: plant does not set seed, flowers are sterile, or plants will not come true from seed

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No positives
2 neutrals
No negatives

Gardeners' Notes:

Rating	Author	Comment
Neutral	eweed	On Aug 15, 2005, eweed from Everson, WA (Zone 8a) wrote: checked nutural because I haven tasted it yet but it is a strong grower in the Pacific Maritime climate of Western Washington. I will grow this again even if it is not a long term keeper.
Neutral	Farmerdill	On Aug 12, 2005, Farmerdill from Augusta, GA (Zone 8a) wrote: A 110 day large (1-2 lb) long day globe onion. It is a sweet onion not suitable fro long storage. It is across between Danvers Yellow and Cranston’s Excelsior. It was introduced by David Murray in 1887,and named after Ailsa Crag, a small steep-sided island off the west coast of Scotland.

Regional...

This plant has been said to grow in the following regions:

Everson, Washington

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