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Article: Vidalia Onion Farmers, Georgia Ag Commissioner Split over Seed Use.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)
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- September 24, 2000
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Sep. 22--What is a Vidalia onion?
Vidalia onions can actually be one of several varieties of onion plant. The most popular is called a Granex onion. It has the familiar flat shape typical of Vidalias.
The name "Vidalia" can be applied only to onions grown in a 20-county region of southeast Georgia. The name is property of the Georgia Department of Agriculture. By authority of a federal marketing order, no other region of the country may market onions using the name "Vidalia."
What gives a Vidalia onion its unique taste is the soil it's grown in. The amount of sunlight, heat and water Vidalia gets during the winter growing season, combined with ...