Pickling Onion - also known as Pearl Onions, these produce small bulbs which can be cooked or pickled whole.
Red Onion - also called the Italian Onion, they are often sweeter than white or yellow types.
Sweet or Slicing Onions - these are large, mildly flavoured, and best started from green sets or seedlings. They don't store well, but are delicious. Common types include Walla Walla and Vidalia.
Scallions - also known as Green Onions, Bunching Onions, Ciboule, or Welsh Onions. These plants form a slender white stalk instead of a bulb. True scallions will self-divide and live perennially.
Spanish Onions - these have large bulbs with mild flavour and are usually yellow or white skinned. In good climates bulbs can weigh up to 5 pounds.
Egyptian Onions - also called Catawissa Onions, they are very strongly flavoured and produce small onion bulbs atop tall stems. Plant these tiny bulblets next spring or fall to produce next year's crop.
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