Onion Shapes

Onions come in a variety of shapes and sizes. Storage type onions (long-day) tend to be round and globe shaped. Sometimes they have some top shape to them. Spring-Summer onions(short-day) tend to be flatter in shape. This includes sweet onion varieties such as Vidalia, Texas 1015, and those from South America(Peru,Chile).


1. Flattened globe
2. Globe
3. High globe
4. Spindle
5. Spanish
6. Flat
7. Thick flat
8. Grannex
9. Top