- 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:
- Most of the Vidalia onion acreage is still harvested by hand, but mechanical harvesting is on the rise because of the high costs and extensive regulations involving farm labor.
Photograph of Vidalia onions being harvested. 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. Most of the Vidalia onion acreage is still harvested by hand, but mechanical harvesting is on the rise because of the high costs and extensive regulations involving farm labor. 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/vidalia-onions/m-2168/
- 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
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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