Walla Walla sweet onions (left), shallots (center), and sweet red onions (right) for sale at the City Market in Edmonton, Canada

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The Walla Walla sweet onion is named for Walla Walla county in Washington State where it is grown. Its development began around 1900 when Peter Pieri, a French soldier who settled in the area, brought a sweet onion seed from the island of Corsica with him to the Walla Walla Valley. This sweet onion was developed by selecting and reseeding onions from each year's crop that possessed sweetness, jumbo size, and round shape. It is the designated vegetable of Washington State. *** The shallot is a type of onion, specifically a botanical variety of the species Allium *** Red onions, are cultivars of the onion with purplish red skin and white flesh tinged with red. *** Description sourced from Wikipedia.

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Location: City Market, 104 Street, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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