garden onion, Allium cepa (Liliales: Liliaceae) - 1572127

garden onion
Allium cepa L.

Descriptor: Bulb / Corm
Description: Curing sweet onions in the field.  After clipping off fine roots and tops, onions are placed into burlap sacks where they remain for a couple of days.  This period of curing dries out the bulbs in the hot, dry conditions of Imperial Valley after which they are ready for final packing. June 1996
Image type: Field
Image location: Imperial County, California, United States

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Name: Gerald Holmes
Organization: Valent USA Corporation
Country: United States

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Image Information last updated on Saturday, April 14, 2012