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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 26. Chapters: Onion, Shallot, Allium tricoccum, Onion Futures Act, 2010 Indian onion crisis, Welsh onion, Onion Johnny, Allium validum, Blooming onion, Scallion, Tree onion, Onion ring, Syn-Propanethial-S-oxide, Calcot, Sweet onion, Red onion, Vidalia onion, Allium cernuum, Allium aflatunense, Allium yosemitense, Allium tribracteatum, Allium tuolumnense, Twinleaf onion, Allium stellatum, Allium sphaerocephalon, Allium crispum, Allium campanulatum, Potato onion, Allium shevockii, Allium platycaule, Allium abramsii, Sogan-dolma, Allium triquetrum, Allium acuminatum, Allium siskiyouense, Allium atrorubens, Allium praecox, Allium amplectens, Allium caeruleum, Cocktail onion, Allium bolanderi, Allium cratericola, Allium sanbornii, Allium burlewii, Allium cristophii, Pickled onion, Allium punctum, Allium monanthum, Allium unifolium, Fried onion, Pearl onion, Allium textile, Yellow onion, White onion. Excerpt: The onion (Allium cepa), also known as the bulb onion, common onion and garden onion, is the most widely cultivated species of the genus Allium. The genus Allium also contains a number of other species variously referred to as onions and cultivated for food, such as the Japanese bunching onion (A. fistulosum), Egyptian onion (A. xproliferum), and Canada onion (A. canadense). The name "wild onion" is applied to a number of Allium species. The vast majority of cultivars of A. cepa belong to the 'common onion group' (A. cepa var. cepa) and are usually referred to simply as 'onions'. The 'Aggregatum group' of cultivars (A. cepa var. aggregatum) includes both shallots and potato onions. Allium cepa is known only in cultivation, but related wild species occur in Central Asia. The most closely related species include Allium vavilovii (Popov & Vved.) and Allium asarense (R.M. Fritsch & Matin) from Iran. However, Zohary and Hopf warn that ...
