Talk:Red onion
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History Of The Red Onion
[edit]So anyone know how the red onion came about? (As opposed to the white or gold onion.) Contributions/174.6.130.25 (talk) 14:00, 15 June 2009 (UTC)BeeCier
Merge discussion
[edit]This article has been tagged with a suggestion to merge with Onion. It's difficult to assess that, since the article has a number of issues. Some of material seems to be annecdotal or trivial, "They may lose their redness when cooked", some "how to", while other parts, even when cited, are vague ("high in flavonoids"). An expert is needed to clean up the article. Piano non troppo (talk) 10:44, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
Source behind paywall, and claim sounds fishy
[edit]In the United States, one of the most prominent cultivars of red onion was grown in Wethersfield, Connecticut, by crossbreeding beetroot and white onion
Sounds like utter BS. Anyone have a NYT subscription to check the source? It looks like a newspaper article from the late 1800's, so I wouldn't necessarily expect it to be overly scientific. 72.73.43.40 (talk) 20:18, 23 August 2014 (UTC)
- This is impossible, at least without genetic modification. Beta vulgaris and Allium are completely unrelated. --Ef80 (talk) 14:00, 19 September 2025 (UTC)
Why "red" not "purple"
[edit]I'd like to see a section explaining why they're called red onions rather than purple onions, given that they're purple, not red. John Link (talk) 02:51, 12 November 2025 (UTC)
"Savala (onion)" listed at Redirects for discussion
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"Spainish onion" listed at Redirects for discussion
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