This article is part of Vintage Veggies, a monthly Instagram and Facebook series that spotlights a seasonal garden vegetable by sharing a relevant article about the monthly pick from the magazine archive. For September, we’ve chosen the perfectly pungent onion (and its allium allies) as our monthly representative.

To bring this popular series to a wider audience, we decided to pilot hosting our monthly archive pick in the Tool Shed, rather than directing our followers to the Minnesota Digital Library archive. Which format do you prefer? Please let us know what you think in the comments!

Beyond the Common Onion: A look at some lesser-known alliums

JOHN NIPP | MINNESOTA HORTICULURALIST | AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 1993

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