- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Vidalia onions
- Creator:
- Torrance, Reid Larry
- Date of Original:
- 2003-08-15
- Subject:
- Onions--Georgia
Crops--Georgia
Food crops--Georgia
Onions--Varieties--Georgia
Agriculture--Georgia - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Toombs County, Vidalia, 32.21769, -82.41346
- Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
- Description:
- Encyclopedia article about Vidalia onions. The Vidalia sweet onion is perhaps the greatest agricultural success story in Georgia's history. Mose Coleman, a Toombs County farmer, is believed to have been the first grower of the now popular commodity. In 1931 Coleman discovered that his onions were not hot, but rather mild. He managed to sell his onions for $3.50 per fifty-pound bag, a very good price at the time. Other farmers in the area, who through the depression years had not been able to get a fair price for their produce, thought Coleman had found a gold mine. They soon began to produce onions too.
GSE identifier: SS8E2, SS8H10 - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/business-economy/vidalia-onions/
- Language:
- eng
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- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: "Vidalia Onions," New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved [date]: http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org.
- Original Collection:
- Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.
- Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
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