- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Vidalia Onion Harvest
- Date of Original:
- 1708/2022
- Subject:
- Onions--Georgia--Vidalia
Onion industry--Georgia--Vidalia
Food crops--Georgia--Vidalia
Vegetables--Georgia--Vidalia
Agriculture--Georgia--Vidalia
Harvesting--Georgia--Vidalia
Onions--Varieties - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Toombs County, Vidalia, 32.21769, -82.41346
- Medium:
- color photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- At harvest time, when the necks of the onions get weak and begin to fall over, growers undercut the onions to allow them to dry down. Vidalia onions mature from mid-April to mid-June.
Photograph of Vidalia onions being harvested. The onions lie on their side. At harvest time, when the necks of the onions get weak and begin to fall over, growers undercut the onions to allow them to dry down. Vidalia onions mature from mid-April to mid-June.
Vidalia onions represent about 40 percent of the total national spring onion production and have an estimated value of about $90 million in annual gross sales. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/business-economy/vegetable-production/m-2167/
- Rights Holder:
- Courtesy of Reid L. Torrance
- Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/business-economy/vidalia-onions
http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/business-economy/vegetable-production
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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