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KamaAina

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7. Vidalia onions are local to 'Bama?

Reply to dixiegrrrrl (Reply #4)

Fri Apr 15, 2016, 07:54 PM

Apr 2016

I thought they came from only a few counties in Ga. where the soil has a low sulfur content. Sulfur compounds are what make most onions taste sharp and make you cry when you cut them, so onions grown in low-sulfur soil are sweet. Besides Vidalia, Walla Walla, WA and Maui are known for sweet onions.

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