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Tree onions are a strong-growing onion
Onion

Onion is a term used for many plants in the genus Allium. They are known by the common name "onion" but, used without qualifiers, it usually refers to Allium cepa....
 with a bunch of bulblets where a normal onion would have flowers. They are members of the "proliferum" cultivar of the onion (Allium cepa), and are also commonly called Top Onions, Topset Onions, Walking Onions, or Egyptian onions. In some varieties these bulblets will sprout and grow while still on the original stalk, which may bend down under the weight of the new growth, giving rise to the name, walking onion.






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Tree onions are a strong-growing onion
Onion

Onion is a term used for many plants in the genus Allium. They are known by the common name "onion" but, used without qualifiers, it usually refers to Allium cepa....
 with a bunch of bulblets where a normal onion would have flowers. They are members of the "proliferum" cultivar of the onion (Allium cepa), and are also commonly called Top Onions, Topset Onions, Walking Onions, or Egyptian onions. In some varieties these bulblets will sprout and grow while still on the original stalk, which may bend down under the weight of the new growth, giving rise to the name, walking onion. While these onions are often listed as Allium cepa var. proliferum, recent research has shown that the tree onion is a cross between Allium cepa, the cultivated onion
Onion

Onion is a term used for many plants in the genus Allium. They are known by the common name "onion" but, used without qualifiers, it usually refers to Allium cepa....
, and Allium fistulosum, the Welsh onion
Welsh onion

Allium fistulosum L., widely known as the Welsh Onion or Spring Onion, is a member of the onion family, Alliaceae. The species is very similar in taste and odor to the related garden onion, Allium cepa, and hybrids between the two exist....
. The Royal Horticultural Society
Royal Horticultural Society

The Royal Horticultural Society was founded in 1804 in London, England as the Horticultural Society of London, and gained its present name in a Royal Charter granted in 1861 by Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha....
 currently treats it as Allium cepa Proliferum Group. This phenomenon of forming bulblets instead of flowers is also seen in garlic
Garlic

Allium sativum L., commonly known as garlic, is a species in the onion family Alliaceae. Its close relatives include the onion, shallot, leek, and chive....
 and other various wild species of Allium
Allium

Allium is the onion genus, with about 1250 species, making it one of the largest plant genera in the world. They are perennial plant bulbous plants that produce chemical compounds that give them a characteristic onion or garlic taste and odor, and many are used as food plants....
. A similar relative to the tree onion is the pearl onion
Pearl onion

A pearl onion is a type of tree onion grown mostly for pickling as a cocktail onion. However because of its unique diminutive appearance and much sweeter than bulb onion taste it has found use in dishes ranging from middle 20th century American casserole dishes such as succotash to sweetly flavored onion relishes in Indian cuisine....
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