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Wood treated with this process is often used for cladding or siding, flooring, furniture and windows. For the control of pests that may be harbored in wood packaging material (i.e. crates and pallets), the ISPM 15 requires heat treatment of wood to 56 °C for 30 minutes to receive the HT stamp.
Congdon's onion Allium sanbornii Alph. Wood var. congdonii Jeps. Crinkled onion Allium crispum Greene Cuddy Mountain onion Allium fibrillum M.E. Jones Cultivated garlic Allium sativum L. Darkred onion Allium atrorubens S. Watson and vars. atrorubens, cristatum Dotted onion Allium punctum L.F. Hend. Douglas' onion Allium douglasii Hook. Drummond ...
The cultivation of Vidalia onions started in the early 1930s. The Granex and related varieties are sweeter than other onions, but the unusual sweetness of Vidalia onions is due to the low amount of sulfur in the soil in which Vidalia onions are grown. The Vidalia onion was named Georgia's official state vegetable in 1990.
An onion (Allium cepa L., from Latin cepa meaning "onion"), also known as the bulb onion or common onion, is a vegetable that is the most widely cultivated species of the genus Allium. The shallot is a botanical variety of the onion which was classified as a separate species until 2011.
The pearl onion (Allium ampeloprasum var. sectivum or A. ampeloprasum 'Pearl-Onion Group'), [1] also known as button onion, baby onion or silverskin onion in the UK, [2] is a close relative of the leek (A. ampeloprasum var. porrum), and may be distinguished from common onions by having only a single storage leaf, [3] similar to cloves of garlic.
Pickled onions are a food item consisting of onions (cultivars of Allium cepa [1]) pickled in a solution of vinegar and salt, often with other preservatives and flavourings. [2] There is a variety of small white pickled onions known as 'silverskin' onions ; [ 3 ] [ 4 ] due to imperfections they are pickled instead of being wasted. [ 5 ]
In the 1960s new designers were brought in from the Royal College of Art – Scandinavian designer Berit Ternell and, most notably, Judith Onions. She restyled the Cornishware range to give it the distinctive shapes that are still in use today. [5] Some of Onions' designs are held in the V&A collection, as part of the Ceramics Study Galleries. [7]
Onion Johnny in Hampstead, London, 2008. Onion Johnnies (Welsh: 'Sioni Winwns' or 'Sioni Nionod') [1] were Breton farmers and agricultural labourers who travelled, originally on foot and later on bicycles, selling distinctive pink onions door to door in Great Britain. They were especially active in Wales, where they share linguistic similarities.