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Crystal White Wax (Pickling) Onion

Crystal White Wax (Pickling) Onion

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Crystal White Wax is a mild-flavored southern heirloom onion used in pickling for decades, packing big flavor into tiny white globes. This short-day variety is white-skinned, juicy, and sweet, growing 3 to 4 inches when mature or harvested early for pickling.

At a glance

  • Type: short-day heirloom onion
  • Heirloom, non-GMO seed
  • White-skinned, juicy, and sweet
  • Matures to 3 to 4 inches, or pick early for pickling
  • Southern heirloom, long used for pickling
  • Packet price: $2.00

Best for

  • Pickling and canning
  • Fresh salads
  • Light cooking
  • Southern and short-day growing regions
  • Pearl-onion harvests

How to grow

As a short-day onion, sow where winters are mild for best bulbing, or start early in northern gardens. Plant in full sun with fertile, well-drained soil. Harvest small for pickling or let bulbs reach 3 to 4 inches.

Flavor profile

Mild, juicy, and sweet, with plenty of flavor in a small bulb.

About MIgardener

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Product facts

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Maker based in
St. Clair, Michigan