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Article: Nothing beats the Walla Walla Sweet.(Columns)(Column)(Recipe)
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- The Register Guard (Eugene, OR)
- Article date:
- July 17, 2002
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Byline: Fresh approach by Jan Roberts-Dominguez For The Register-Guard
IN A FERTILE southwest Washington valley where high-quality wheat, peas, hay, asparagus, spinach and snap beans vie for space, the Walla Walla Sweet onion calls about 800 acres home.
The onions are planted in early fall at almost 1,000 feet above sea level and slumber through Pacific Northwest winters that typically dip down into the mid-20s.
Then, in early spring, as this tiny bit of heaven nestled up against the Blue Mountains responds to warmer days and kinder nights, the fields of sweets awaken. Sleek, blue-green leaves multiply, thicken and reach for the sun - a good ...