Onion collection: Vegetatively propagated onions, their related species and genetic resources.
JSR collection:
Vegetatively propagated onions, their related species and genetic resources.
Joran's Seeds and Research,
Collection of genetic resources:
JSR represents the world's largest collection for sale of vegetatively propagated leeks and onions as well as sexually fertile garlic.
Pioneer in the referencing and collection of perpetual leek cultivars and associated genetic resources.
And in the development of new lines.
Independent in varietal development:
Different crops such as lettuce, arugula, chard and snake radish are included in innovative research and development programs, focusing on ease of cultivation, sustainability, drought resistance and naturalization capacity in agro-ecological production systems.
Availability periods:
Bulbs, bulbils, bare root plants:
Available from August to November.
Seeds :
Available all year round.
While stocks last.
To know the actual stocks, contact me:
eBay store: here
No chemical treatment is used during cultivation.
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All ground work is carried out manually and is therefore as occasional as possible.
Wild accessions collected from the wild have been collected in a respectful manner.
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No seeds or cloves sold have been collected in the wild.
Allium cepa :
Allium cepa var. aggregatum : Aggregated onion
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Onion-potato group:
This group is controversial, it differs from that of shallots by its much better storage capacity and from an organoleptic point of view, by its onion aroma and greater pungency.
But there are of course intermediate accessions between these two groups.
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AggPO#1: Red onion-potato (IBL)
Origin: unknown.
Accession status: Old local cultivar.
Accession type: Clone.
Accession history:
Accession acquired by Joran's Seeds and Research in the form of bulbs, in 2023, from Tobiasz Weselak, Polish collector of bulbous and tuberous vegetable plants, selling under the identifier: ibc-seller-seeds, via eBay. It stopped selling in 2023.
He had obtained them himself from Matt Cavens, a Scotsman on eBay under the identifier: the.onion.man
Description :
IBL version (InBreeded Line)
This accession produces groups ranging from 4 to 12 small bulbs.
Their epidermis is a coppery red color.
When bulbs are planted in autumn, the plants begin flowering during the first half of May.
Sexually fertile.
Very easy to grow and resistant to disease.
Very good storage capacity.
1 bulb for €1.25
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AggPO#1-S1: Red onion-potato (SRL)
Origin: unknown.
Accession status: Regenerated old local cultivar.
Type of accession: Multi-individual population.
Accession history:
Sexually regenerated line by Joran's Seeds and Research.
Lineage resulting from the autogamous reproduction of the accession: Red Onion-potato (AggPO#1). Whose direct descendants have been selected to match the phenotype of the parental accession.
Description :
Virus-free lineage.
Increased sexual performance and function compared to the viral parental accession.
1 bulb for €1.25
30 seeds for €5
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AggPO#2: White onion-potato
Origin: unknown.
Accession status: Old local cultivar.
Accession type: Clone.
Accession history:
Accession acquired by Steven Edholm, owner of the blog-boutique “Skillcult”, in California, in 2010.
In 2014, he sent some to Matt Cavens, in Scotland.
Accession acquired by Joran's Seeds and Research in the form of bulbs, in 2024, from
Matt Cavens, selling on eBay under the identifier: the.onion.man
1 bulb for €1.20
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AggPO#3: Dakota Red (IBL)
Origin: State of Dakota, United States of America.
Accession status: Old local cultivar.
Accession type: Clone.
Accession history:
A man from North Dakota had found two accessions of onion-potatoes: one from North Dakota and the other from South Dakota, these two accessions turned out to be identical. He decided to name this accession “Dakota Red”.
In 2013, he sent bulbs to Kelly Winterton.
Accession acquired by Joran's Seeds and Research in the form of bulbs, in 2024, from Matt Cavens, Scottish selling on eBay under the identifier: the.onion.man
Description :
IBL line (InBreeded Line).
1 bulb for €1.20
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AggPO#3-S2: Dakota Red (SRL)
Origin: State of Dakota, United States of America.
Accession status: Regenerated old local cultivar.
Type of accession: Multi-individual population.
Accession history:
Sexually regenerated lineage by Kelly Winterton.
Lineage resulting from the autogamous reproduction of the accession: Dakota Red (AggPO#3), by Kelly Winterton.
Seeds from the S2 progeny (Self 2), were acquired by Joran's Seeds and Research in 2024 and were selected to match the phenotype of the parental accession.
Description :
Virus-free lineage.
Increased sexual performance and function compared to the viral parental accession.
1 bulb for €1.20
30 seeds (open pollination) for €5
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AggPO#4: Texas Star
Origin: State of Texas, United States of America.
Accession status: Old local cultivar.
Accession type: Clone.
Accession history:
Accession obtained in 2013 by Steven Edholm, owner of the blog-boutique “Skillcult”, in California, from a person from Texas.
In 2014, he sent some to Matt Cavens, in Scotland.
Accession acquired by Joran's Seeds and Research in the form of bulbs, in 2024, from
Matt Cavens, selling on eBay under the identifier: the.onion.man
1 bulb for €1.20
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AggPO#5: Yellow onion-potato
Origin: unknown.
Accession status: Old local cultivar.
Accession type: Clone.
Accession history:
Accession acquired by Joran's Seeds and Research in the form of bulbs, in 2024, from Paolo Perona, Italian selling on eBay under the identifier: semideinostrinonni
1 bulb for €1.20
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AggPO#6: ‘Green Mountain Multiplier’
Origin: State of Utah, United States of America.
Accession status: Contemporary cultivar, heterogeneous population.
Type of accession: Multi-individual population.
Accession history:
Accession acquired by Joran's Seeds and Research in seed form, in 2023, from Kelly Winterton.
1 bulb for €1.20
30 seeds (open pollination) for €5
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AggPO#7: ‘Norwegian onions and potatoes’
Origin: Scandinavian countries.
Accession status: Grex population / Selection population.
Type of accession: Multi-individual population.
Accession history:
In December 2020, Philippe Heinemeyer, a Frenchman, obtained 25 onion-potato accessions from the NordGen seed bank in Norway.
They mainly consisted of potato onion accessions from Scandinavia and Eastern Europe, but also from other European countries.
The same year, Philippe Heinemeyer sent a sample of two seeds from each accession to Kelly Winterton.
On his blog, Kelly Winterton describes his excitement, his astonishment, then his disappointment regarding these genetics which he describes as morphologically distinct from shallots and onions-potatoes conventionally cultivated in Western countries.
These ‘Norwegian potato onions’ produce many small bulbs unlike Western types which only produce a few large bulbs. Another essential difference is found in the emergence of the flower stalks, these are not emitted from the root plate, but emerge from the central meristem of the bulbs.
During their first year of growth, the 25 accessions produced only very small bulbs, barely 2.5 cm in size.
They were left in place during the winter of 2021/2022. One of the 25 accessions failed to overwinter.
The remaining 24 accessions flowered prolifically.
He selected around twenty individuals producing the largest bulbs, and brought them together to form a grex population which he named: “Norwegian Potato Onions”.
Accession acquired by Joran's Seeds and Research as seeds, from open pollination with the rest of Kelly Winterton's accessions, in 2023, from Kelly Winterton.
1 bulb for €1.20
30 seeds (open pollination) for €5
Shallots Group:
In the past, in English-speaking countries, the term “shallot” has been incorrectly used to characterize any type of perennial onion, including Allium fistulosum.
This is perhaps why most known onion-potato accessions are of American origin.
The generalization of the terms: “scallions” ( A. fistulosum ) and “spring onions” ( A. cepa ) made it possible to give “shallot” its real meaning.
Unfortunately, these days the term “shallot” is under threat again.
Overused, it is used by seed groups to characterize hybrids between shallots ( A. cepa var. aggregatum ) and onions ( A. cepa var. cepa ). Even in France, where these hybrids were formerly called “รฉchaillons” (by compression of the words “shallots” and “onions”) they are now called shallots.
These hybrids ultimately only have their organoleptic qualities in common with the shallot sensu stricto since they generally produce only a single bulb composed of 1 to 3 cloves contained within the same tunic. And that they are therefore only propagated sexually.
Shallots sensu stricto produce an aggregate of bulbs. Can range from 3-4 to a dozen bulbs, often having several cloves within their tunic.
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AggS#1: ‘Toto’
Origin: Czech Republic.
Accession status: Contemporary commercial cultivar.
Type of accession: Stabilized population.
Accession history:
Accession acquired by Joran's Seeds and Research in seed form, in 2023.
Description :
Czech commercial cultivar sold in seed form.
This accession has many growing points, up to a dozen medium-sized bulbs.
1 bulb for €1.20
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AggS#4: ‘Kainuu’
Origin: Finland.
Accession status: Old local cultivar.
Accession type: Clone.
Accession history:
Old rural variety from Kainuu, a province in central Finland on the Russian border.
Accession acquired by Joran's Seeds and Research in the form of bulbs, in 2024, from Bernd Socher seed grower and nurseryman specializing in rare local varieties, owner of the German nursery LandschaftenSchmecken.
Description :
Large bulbs, very sweet, with reddish flesh.
1 bulb for €1.20
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AggS#5: ‘Frรคnkische’
Origin: Germany.
Accession status: Old local cultivar.
Accession type: Clone.
Accession history:
Old rural variety from Franconia, geographical and historical region of south-central Germany.
Accession acquired by Joran's Seeds and Research in the form of bulbs, in 2024, from Bernd Socher seed grower and nurseryman specializing in rare local varieties, owner of the German nursery LandschaftenSchmecken.
Description :
Small bulbs, very sweet, white flesh.
1 bulb for €1.20
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AggS#6: ‘Aurich’
Origin: Germany.
Accession status: Old local cultivar.
Accession type: Clone.
Accession history:
Old country variety from East Frisia, a historic region located on the coast of the Wadden Sea in the state of Lower Saxony in Germany.
Accession acquired by Joran's Seeds and Research in the form of bulbs, in 2024, from Bernd Socher seed grower and nurseryman specializing in rare local varieties, owner of the German nursery LandschaftenSchmecken.
Description :
Large bulbs, very sweet
1 bulb for €1.20
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AggS#7: ‘Red Holland’
Origin: Netherlands.
Accession status: Old local cultivar.
Accession type: Clone.
Accession history:
Old Dutch rural variety.
Accession acquired by Joran's Seeds and Research in the form of bulbs, in 2024, from Bernd Socher seed grower and nurseryman specializing in rare local varieties, owner of the German nursery LandschaftenSchmecken.
Description :
Large bulbs, pink flesh, very sweet.
1 bulb for €1.20
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AggS#8: ‘Abtlรถpnitz’
Origin: Abtlรถbnitz, Germany.
Accession status: Old local cultivar.
Accession type: Clone.
Accession history:
Old local variety from the town of Abtlรถbnitz near Naumburg an der Saale, Germany.
Accession acquired by Joran's Seeds and Research in the form of bulbs, in 2024, from Bernd Socher seed grower and nurseryman specializing in rare local varieties, owner of the German nursery LandschaftenSchmecken.
Description :
Large bulbs, very sweet, reddish flesh.
1 bulb for €1.20
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AggS#9: ‘Ed’s Red’
Origin: Nampa, State of Idaho, United States of America.
Accession status: Contemporary cultivar.
Type of accession: Stabilized population.
Accession history:
The American seed company Fedco Seeds has reintroduced a cultivar of red-skinned Dutch shallots "Ed's Red", this cultivar propagated sexually and asexually was initially very heterogeneous.
After selection work carried out by Beth Rasgorshek, a farmer from the town of Nampa, in the state of Idaho, this cultivar spread to several seed companies in the United States.
The seeds acquired by Joran's Seeds and Research in 2024 were produced by Brennan Henry Allsworth in Decorah, Iowa and were distributed by the American seed company Experimental Farm Network.
Description :
Its large bulbs have a very good storage capacity, up to a year.
They have a red tunic and white flesh with purple dermis.
Harvest in 105 days.
Probably resulting from a hybridization between shallots ( A. cepa var. aggregatum ) and onions ( A. cepa var. cepa ), the plants of this accession have up to around ten growing points, but few bulbs really dissociate (rarely more than three per plant). The bulbs are often composed of several cloves, contained in the same tunic.
This accession is very flourishing.
1 bulb for €3
30 seeds (open pollination) for €5
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AggS#10: ‘Sorokozubka’
Origin: Ukraine.
Accession status: Contemporary commercial cultivar.
Type of accession: Stabilized population.
Accession history:
Accession acquired by Joran's Seeds and Research in seed form, in 2024, via eBay.
Description :
This Ukrainian accession sold in the form of seeds produces 5 to 7 oval-shaped bulbs, approximately 10cm long and weighing 25 to 75g. Their tunics are copper in color.
It generates a lot of foliage, this foliage is announced in the description of the seed packet as being a real product of cultivation, used as “chives”.
Easy to grow, resistant to diseases and difficult climatic conditions (humidity and negative temperatures).
1 bulb for €1.20
30 seeds (open pollination) for €5
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AggS#11-S2: ‘Scottish Syboe’ (SRL)
Origin: Scotland, United Kingdom.
Accession status: Regenerated old local cultivar.
Type of accession: Multi-individual population.
Accession history:
Syboe (also spelled “sybow”) is an old Scottish term pronounced “Sybees”, it was generically attributed to non-bulbous onions.
In this case, ‘Scottish Syboe’ is an accession acquired by Kelly Winterton, around 2010, from a Scottish man.
This accession develops in a compact tuft, which can have around forty growth points, and with flat and fistulous leaves, was known not to flower.
However, after several years of cultivation, Kelly Winterton achieved flowering and seed production.
Seeds from this line sexually regenerated by Kelly Winterton were acquired by Joran's Seeds and Research in 2024, from Kelly Winterton.
‘Scottish Syboe’ IBL ‘Scottish Syboe’ IBL ‘Scottish Syboe’ SRL
1 bulb for €1.20
Unidentified horticultural groups:
Accessions in this group appear as compact clumps and are known not to flower.
This description is similar to that of the 'Scottish Syboe', which Kelly Winterton managed to regenerate sexually thanks to exceptional flowering; and who, subsequently, took up a phenology of Allium cepa var. aggregatum and normal sexual function.
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Agg#1: ‘Russian Grape Onions’
Origin: unknown.
Accession status: Old local cultivar.
Accession type: Clone.
Accession history:
Accession acquired by Joran's Seeds and Research in the form of plants, in 2024, from the German nursery Helenion under the name: “russische trauben-zwiebel”, which translates as: Russian grape onions.
Description :
The nursery describes it as a very old, non-flowering plant.
1 bulb for €1.20
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Agg#2: ‘Rรถhrle’
Origin: Germany.
Accession status: Old local cultivar.
Accession type: Clone.
Accession history:
Accession acquired by Joran's Seeds and Research in the form of plants, in 2024, from the German nursery Helenion.
The nursery describes it as a local variety, traditionally grown in the historic Swabia region of Germany.
Now almost forgotten, and having almost disappeared around the 2000s, the Helenion nursery obtained this accession from a curator in Entzal, Germany.
They are traditionally grown for their aerial parts which are transformed into savory cakes: Maultaschen and Spรคtzle, or into an onion quiche called Rรถhrlekuchen.
Description: Rรถhrle does not form flowers.
1 bulb for €1.20
Other species of onions:
“Onions” sensu lato are included within the section Cepa of the subgenus Allium.
It includes: Allium altaicum , A. asarense , A. cepa , A. farctum , A. fistulosum , A. galanthum , A. praemixtum , A. pskemense , A. rhabdotum , A. roylei and A. vavilovii.
All are cultivated:
Allium cepa : which does not exist in nature.
Allium fistulosum : resulting from the domestication of Allium altaicum.
Allium oschaninii : species with only one cultivar.
These species have very low sexual compatibilities between them, most often forming sterile hybrids.
Their genetic resources are rare, because these species, often found in high altitude mountainous environments, have distribution areas restricted to a few countries, generally inaccessible for geopolitical reasons.
Apart from the botanical variety cepa of Allium cepa (the biennial bulbous onion) all onions sensu lato are perennial plants.
They are plants very resistant to drought and cold.
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Allium altaicum : Altai onion.
Wild ancestor of Allium fistulosum.
It is a perennial plant native to Kazakhstan, Russia, Mongolia, and northern China.
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AAlt#1:
Collection location: unknown.
Accession status: Wild material.
Accession type: Clone.
Accession history:
Accession acquired by Joran's Seeds and Research in the form of plants, in 2023, from the Belgian nursery tCoolhof, having themselves obtained their plants from Vreeken, a nursery in the Netherlands.
Description :
green foliage, AAlt#1 and AAlt#2 appear identical
30 seeds for €5
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AAlt#2:
Collection location: unknown.
Accession status: Wild material.
Accession type: Clone.
Accession history:
Accession acquired in the form of plants, in 2023, from the German nursery Deaflora.
Description :
green foliage AAlt#1 and AAlt#2 appear identical
30 seeds for €5
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Allium altaicum f. glauca :
Form with strongly bluish foliage.
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AAlt#3:
Collection location: unknown.
Accession status: Wild material.
Accession type: Clone.
Accession history:
Accession acquired by Joran's Seeds and Research in the form of plants, in 2023, from the German nursery Rรผhlemann's Krรคuter und Duftpflanzen.
Description: dark blue foliage.
30 seeds for €5
Allium fistulosum : Fistulous onion.
Allium fistulosum is only known in the cultivated state, it comes from the domestication of the wild species Allium altaicum which is found in Siberia and Mongolia.
Its domestication probably took place in northwest China, where its cultivation dates back to at least 200 BC. It was introduced to Japan before 500 BC, and then spread broadcast in Southeast Asia and Europe.
It is a perennial plant, which, unlike Allium cepa , does not have long-day dormancy.
It can adapt to a very wide range of climates: very cold tolerant, it can survive winter even in Siberia but it also tolerates hot and humid tropical conditions and is also very drought tolerant.
There are 3 main groups:
A European type, grown for its foliage, used as condiments.
Closer to its wild ancestor Allium altaicum .
The Asian type, cultivated for its pseudo-stems, used like spring onion ( A. cepa ) and leek ( A. ampeloprasum ).
The “giant” type, like the Korean “Dae-Pa”, plants reach dimensions similar to leeks of the porrum subspecies.
The plants till very little and are propagated sexually, like the subspecies porrum in leek. Appeared more recently than the previous two.
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AF#1: ‘Joran’s Resilient Green Scallion’
Origin: France.
Accession status: Contemporary cultivar.
Accession type: Clone.
Description :
Individual selected by Joran's Seeds and Research for its extreme resistance to drought.
This is a “European” type with short pseudostems.
1 bare root plant for €3
30 seeds for €5
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Joran's Red Scallion Grex:
Origin: France.
Accession status: Selection population.
Type of accession: Heterogeneous population.
Accession history:
Red onion breeding population assembled by Joran's Seeds and Research.
The different lines are being observed, these are pure lines, cultivated in great promiscuity.
This composite population is made up of:
‘Red commune’
‘Red toga’
‘Red Beard’
‘Red Ninja’
Description :
This Grex population is desired to be as heterogeneous as possible.
Developed by Joran's Seeds and Research for use as a paternal population for varietal development thanks to two characteristics: its red coloring, acting as a genetic marker facilitating the identification and confirmation of hybridity; its long flowering period particularly facilitates interspecific hybridizations.
30 seeds for €5
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AF#1: 'Winterheckezwiebel braunschalig' (= Brown-skinned winter onion)
Origin: Germany.
Accession status: Old local cultivar.
Accession type: Clone.
Accession history:
Accession acquired by Joran's Seeds and Research in the form of plants, in 2023, from the German nursery Deaflora, under the name 'Winterheckezwiebel braunschalig', which means “Winter onion with brown skin”.
Description :
Accession presenting the rare characteristic of having brown tunics.
It produces clumps with numerous relatively narrow pseudo-stems.
1 bare root plant for €3
30 seeds for €5
Allium galanthum : Snowdrop onion.
Onion species native to Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Altai Krai, Mongolia and Xinjiang.
It is a species which is not cultivated but which is frequently the subject of wild harvest, having made it rare in certain places.
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AGal#1:
Collection location: Kara-Balta, Kyrgyzstan.
Accession status: Wild material.
Type of accession: Multi-individual population.
Accession history:
Accession acquired in seed form, in 2022, from Aleksandr Naumenko, owner of the Nova Zahrada nursery in the Czech Republic.
15 seeds for €5
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AGal#2:
Collection location: Talas, Kyrgyzstan.
Accession status: Wild material.
Type of accession: Multi-individual population.
Accession history:
Accession collected in Talas Province, Kyrgyzstan, by botanist and nurseryman Aleksandr Naumenko.
Accession acquired by Joran's Seeds and Research in the form of bulbs, in 2023, from Aleksandr Naumenko, owner of the Nova Zahrada nursery in the Czech Republic.
15 seeds for €5
Allium oschaninii :
In the wild Allium oschaninii is widespread in Kyrgyzstan, the Pamirs (Tajikistan, Uzbekistan) as well as in Afghanistan and northeastern Iran.
Only two accessions are cultivated in the West, these are the cultivar ‘Griselle’ and its hybrid with Allium cepa var. aggegatum , the cultivar ‘Grisor’, which is sterile.
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AO#1: 'Griselle'
Origin: French cultivar.
Accession status: Cultivar.
Accession type: Clone.
Accession history:
Selected from a population of gray shallots by the French breeder Agri Obtentions SA.
Regenerated variety free from OYDV virus.
Accession acquired by Joran's Seeds and Research in the form of bulbs, in 2023, from the French nursery Baumaux.
Description :
Gray tunic, purplish white flesh, very aromatic and rich in dry matter.
Shelf life limited to 6/7 months.
1 bulb for €1.20
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AO#2:
Place of collection: Pamir-Alaรฏ, Central Asia.
Accession status: Wild material.
Type of accession: Multi-individual population.
Accession history:
Wild plants collected in the form of seeds by Aleksandr Naumenko, a Czech botanist of Kyrgyz origin, in the Pamir-Alai, a mountain system that extends over several countries (Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan).
Accession acquired by Joran's Seeds and Research in the form of bulbs, in 2023, from Aleksandr Naumenko, owner of the Nova Zahrada nursery in the Czech Republic.
Description :
This accession is morphologically very different from the only existing cultivar of this species: ‘Griselle’, the French gray shallot.
The plants are large, with a pseudostem that can exceed 30cm in length and 3cm in diameter at their base.
The pseudostems and foliage can be eaten like those of Allium fistulosum.
They also have a lower vegetative multiplication rate than the 'Griselle' cultivar.
But she is sexually fertile, unlike 'Griselle'.
15 seeds for €5
Allium pskemense : Pskem onion.
This species native to the mountainous regions of Central Asia has a small distribution area, mainly limited to Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan.
It is a species that is not cultivated but is frequently wild harvested, having made it rare in some places.
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APsk#1:
Collection location: Kazakhstan, Western Tien-Shan, Central Asia.
Accession status: Wild material.
Type of accession: Multi-individual population.
Accession history:
Accession acquired by Joran's Seeds and Research in the form of bulbs, in 2023, from Aleksandr Naumenko, owner of the Nova Zahrada nursery in the Czech Republic.
Description :
Very large plants.
15 seeds for €5
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APsk#2:
Collection location: Akbulak Valley, Uzbekistan.
Accession status: Wild material.
Accession type: Clone.
Accession history:
Accession collected in the Akbulak Valley of Uzbekistan by Jim Archibald and his wife Jenny.
Accession acquired by Joran's Seeds and Research in bulb form, in 2022, from Kevock Garden, a nursery in the United Kingdom and Nijssen Bulbs, in the Netherlands.
30 seeds for €5
Interspecific hybrids:
Sexually fertile hybrids:
Wild onion species are very resistant to biotic and abiotic stresses, so they have long been investigated to transfer their resistance to cultivated onions.
However, their hybrids are very frequently sterile.
These fertile hybrids are often artificial, developed through polyploidization and embryo rescue techniques in vitro.
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Allium cepa x A. roylei , their fertile hybrids:
Allium roylei , a species of Allium from the Himalayas and known for its resistance to downy mildew (HR: Peronospora destructor ).
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AggS#3: ‘Innovator’
Origin: Netherlands.
Accession status: Contemporary commercial cultivar.
Type of accession: Stabilized population.
Accession history:
In the mid-1980s Bejo breeders crossed shallots ( A. cepa var. aggregatum ) with Allium roylei , a species of Allium from the Himalayas and known for its resistance to downy mildew (HR: Peronospora destructor ).
At the end of a 30-year development process, including several generations of crosses and backcrosses, the first seed shallot with high resistance to downy mildew (HR: Peronospora destructor ), adapted to long shelf life was placed on the market.
Inventors: Timo Christiaan Petter and Lennaert Crispijn Aardse, from the Dutch company Bejo/De Groot en Slot.
Patent filed on November 22, 2022.
Nominated for the winner of the SIVAL Innovation 2022 competition.
Accession acquired by Joran's Seeds and Research in seed form, in 2024.
Description :
Part of the group of “echaillons” (compression of the words “shallots” and “onions”), they generally produce only one bulb composed of 1 to 3 cloves contained within the same tunic.
Resistance to downy mildew is an important characteristic of the cultivar ‘Innovator’, but it also has other advantages for the grower:
Innovator has the same vigor and storability as the standard cultivar 'Conservator': the bulb can be very firm for up to 5 months after harvest.
At 8 months, 'Innovator' has a larger bulb size and a more vigorous root system than those of the standard, 'Conservator'.
Its bulb weighs about 70 grams, and measures about 6-7 cm high and about 3 to 5 cm at the widest point (the middle). They are elliptical in longitudinal section, with a strongly tapered root end.
The color of the flesh is: RHS 196D in the center, and RHS 70B towards the scales.
The color of the dried skin (3 months after harvest) is: RHS 176C. It has strong post-harvest adhesion and medium thickness when dried.
The variety 'Innovator' can be reproduced sexually and asexually, however its bulbs have a low tendency to divide.
0.25g of seeds (~250 seeds) for €5
Allium cepa x A. fistulosum , their fertile hybrids: Scallionions
Recent interspecific hybrids, a few cultivars are in circulation, and are called “Scallion” by seed groups and traders. I will call them “Scallion” (from the compression of the terms “Scallion” (attributed to A. fistulosum ) and “Onion”.
Allium fistulosum is a genetic resource of great interest for cultivated onions ( Allium cepa ), whether for its resistance to abiotic or biotic stress: resistance to pink roots ( Pyrenochaeta terrestris ), leaf blight caused by Stemphylium vesicarium (SLB), among others.
However, it remained unexploitable for a long time since their offspring ( Allium x proliferum ) is sterile.
The first hybridization attempts to obtain fertile hybrids date back to the 1950s, but it was not until the 2000s that the techniques were truly mastered.
These fertile hybrids come from F1 hybrid seeds which have been excised, and whose embryos have undergone polyploidization followed by rescue by in vitro culture.
Since 2020, several cultivars are now available, some of them mass-market, aimed at amateur gardeners and small farmers, but the majority are developed by large seed groups aimed at large farmers.
These lines are difficult to discover and are sold in batches ranging from 50g to 1kg of seeds.
This collection of 10 lines is the largest offered on the internet, it represents a very important research work, and a large financial investment made by Joran's Seeds and Research in 2023.
Backcrosses with their parental species result in hybrids with highly variable genotypes, which can lead to fertility or sterility.
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#1 Velocity:
Developed by Starke Ayres, a South African seed company.
0.1g of seeds (~100 seeds) for €6
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#2 Marksman F1:
Developed by Tozer Seeds, a UK seed company.
0.1g of seeds (~100 seeds) for €6
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#3 Guardsman F1:
Developed by Tozer Seeds, a UK seed company.
Guardsman is believed to be an Allium cepa cv hybrid. White Lisbon x A. fistulosum Japanese type.
0.1g of seeds (~100 seeds) for €6
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#4 Matrix (formerly Hi 08 527):
Winner of a Royal Horticultural Society Award of Garden Merit for reliability and good performance.
0.1g of seeds (~100 seeds) for €6
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#5 Maradona:
Developed by Argenta seeds, a Dutch seed company.
For the coldest areas of Mediterranean countries. Maradona has the best combination of cold tolerance and very attractive upright leaves. Maradona is by far the fastest growing strain on the market."
0.1g of seeds (~100 seeds) for €6
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#6 Bunching Star:
0.1g of seeds (~100 seeds) for €6
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#7 Neymar:
Developed by Argenta seeds, a Dutch seed company.
0.1g of seeds (~100 seeds) for €6
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#8 Suarez:
Developed by Argenta seeds, a Dutch seed company.
0.1g of seeds (~100 seeds) for €6
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#9 Win Star:
Developed by Argenta seeds, a Dutch seed company.
0.1g of seeds (~100 seeds) for €6
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#10 Racer:
Developed by Argenta seeds, a Dutch seed company.
0.1g of seeds (~100 seeds) for €6
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AXF-OP: Joran's Scallionions Grex
Origin: France.
Accession status: Grex population / Selection population.
Type of accession: Highly heterogeneous population.
Accession history:
This grex population is developed by Joran's Seeds and Research.
It is made up of 10 hybrid lines Allium cepa x A. fistulosum , sexually fertile and cultivated simultaneously, in great promiscuity, in spring 2024.
The ten cultivars making up this composite population are:
Velocity: Developed by Starke Ayres, a South African seed company.
Marksman F1: Developed by Tozer Seeds, a UK seed company.
Guardsman F1: Developed by Tozer Seeds, a UK seed company.
Guardsman would be a hybrid Allium cepa cv. White Lisbon x A. fistulosum Japanese type.
Matrix (formerly Hi 08 527): Winner of a Royal Horticultural Society Garden Award of Merit for reliability and good performance.
Maradona: Developed by Argenta seeds, a Dutch seed company.
This cultivar is described as follows by its breeders: “For the coldest areas of Mediterranean countries. Maradona has the best combination of cold tolerance and very attractive upright leaves. Maradona is by far the fastest growing strain on the market."
Bunching Star: No information.
Neymar: Developed by Argenta seeds, a Dutch seed company.
Suarez: Developed by Argenta seeds, a Dutch seed company.
Win Star: Developed by Argenta seeds, a Dutch seed company.
Racer: Developed by Argenta seeds, a Dutch seed company.
Description :
This grex population, what I call “Scallionions”, is the first available.
It is designed for use as a breeding population, and as a pollen donor population for internal use at Joran's Seeds and Research.
This population is desired to be as varied as possible from a genotypic point of view in order to allow fertile hybrids to be obtained following backcrosses with accessions of A. cepa var. aggregatum.
Sterile hybrids:
Interspecific onion hybrids are very frequently sterile, some have been preserved and are used in human food, particularly in family vegetable gardens.
These are most often ancestral accessions, propagated vegetatively and appreciated for their durability and ease of cultivation; they allow harvests almost all year round: harvesting their foliage during the winter and harvesting their bulbs during their summer dormancy.
They include: Allium cepa var. perutile , Allium xcornutum , Allium xproliferum , or the cultivar 'Grisor' ( Allium oschaninii x A. cepa var. aggregatum ).
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Allium cepa var. perutile :
This taxon seems reserved for a single accession, known under the names:
“Virgin Vive of Saint James”, in French.
“Eternal onions”:
in English: “Everlasting Onions”.
in German: “Ewige Zwiebel”.
It is probably an interspecific hybrid of onions.
However, no scientific literature is available on it. This accession, although ancestral and widespread, seems to have aroused no interest among the scientific community.
Perfectly sterile, this accession does not flower.
It does not go dormant in summer, which contributes to its name “everlasting onion” as well as its interest as a vegetable and aromatic plant.
Its relatively thin and fistulous leaves have concave D-shaped sections.
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ACP#1:
Origin: unknown.
Accession status: Old cultivar.
Accession type: Clone.
Accession history:
Accession acquired by Joran's Seeds and Research in the form of plants
in 2023, under the name “Virgin Cive de Saint Jacques” from the French nursery Arom'Antique.
in 2024, under the name “Ewige Zwiebel”, with the German nursery Helenion.
Description :
Does not flower, therefore does not show summer dormancy.
1 bare root plant for €3
Allium X cornutum :
These triploid and sterile hybrids, described by Clementi ex Visiani in 1842, have been subject to numerous suppositions as to their parentage.
In 2014, a Croatian study provided evidence of their tri-parentage, resulting from the hybridization of Allium cepa , A. pskemense and A. roylei.
Three local and ancestral cultivars are known to it:
‘Sint-Jansui’ (AXC#1), from the province of Utrech, Netherlands.
‘Ljutika’, from the historic region of Dalmatia, Croatia.
‘Pran’, in the Indian part of Kashmir.
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AXC#1: Cive de Saint Jean (NL: Sint-Jansui; EN: Saint John's onion; DE: Johannilauch)
Origin: province of Utrecht, Netherlands.
Accession status: Old local cultivar.
Accession type: Clone.
Accession history:
Cultivated since the 19th century in the province of Utrecht, Netherlands.
Accession acquired by Joran's Seeds and Research in the form of plants, in 2023, from the French nursery Baumaux.
Description :
Flowers, marks a summer rest around St John (June 24), date from which the bulbs can be harvested.
1 bulb for €1.20
Allium X proliferum :
Sterile hybrids resulting from crosses A. cepa x A. fistulosum . These two species have flowering periods which are generally not simultaneous, however numerous individuals are recorded throughout the world and are used for human food, particularly for their ease of cultivation, whether in self-producing vegetable gardens. , or agro-ecological production systems.
These sterile individuals, multiplied only vegetatively, can be propagated by division of tufts, or by the bulbils present in their inflorescences.
These hybrids have in common that they are perennial and have bulbous inflorescences.
But their appearance varies depending on their parental lines: some accessions will grow in clumps similar to Allium fistulosum , while others will have pronounced bulbs and divide in a manner similar to shallots ( Allium cepa var . aggregatum ).
Their foliage is generally cylindrical-conical like that of A. fistulosum , but can also be similar to that of Allium cepa , with an adaxial flattening (D-shaped section).
Depending on the parental line of Allium cepa from which they come, the tunics of their bulbs can be white, yellow or red:
‘Catawissa Red’ (AXP#5) ‘Mc Cullar’ (AXP#4) ‘Moritz’ (AXP#6) ‘Amish’ (AXP#3)
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AXP#1: Rocambol onion
Origin: unknown.
Accession status: Old local cultivar.
Accession type: Clone.
Accession history:
Accession acquired by Joran's Seeds and Research in the form of plants, in 2023, from the French nursery Arom'Antique, under the name "Oignon rocambole".
5 bulbils for €3
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AXP#2: Luftzwiebel
Origin: unknown.
Accession status: Old local cultivar.
Accession type: Clone.
Accession history:
Accession acquired by Joran's Seeds and Research in the form of plants, in 2023, from the German nursery Rรผhlemann's Krรคuter und Duftpflanzen, under the name Luftzwiebel (French translation: aerial onions or onions in the air).
5 bulbils for €3
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AXP#3: ‘Amish’
Origin: Amish community, United States of America.
Accession status: Old local cultivar.
Accession type: Clone.
Accession history:
Accession from the Amish community of the United States of America.
Matt Cavens, a Scotsman selling on eBay under the identifier: the.onion.man, obtained this accession at a flea market near Kingsland, Leominster, United Kingdom.
Tobiasz Weselak, Polish collector of bulbous and tuberous vegetable plants, selling on eBay under the identifier: ibc-seller-seeds, purchased this accession from Matt Cavens.
Accession acquired by Joran's Seeds and Research in the form of bulbils, in 2023, from Tobiasz Weselak.
Description :
Similar to the Catawissa onion, but the bulbs are smaller and darker red/purple in color and the tops are smaller than most varieties.
Not very vigorous.
5 bulbils for €3
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AXP#4: ‘Mc Cullar’ (syn. ‘McCullar’s Topset’)
Origin: Unknown.
Accession status: Old local cultivar.
Accession type: Clone.
Accession history:
Matt Cavens, a Scotsman selling on eBay under the identifier: the.onion.man
obtained this accession at a flea market near Kingsland, Leominster, United Kingdom.
Tobiasz Weselak, Polish collector of bulbous and tuberous vegetable plants, selling on eBay under the identifier: ibc-seller-seeds, purchased this accession from Matt Cavens.
Accession acquired by Joran's Seeds and Research in the form of bulbils, in 2023, from Tobiasz Weselak.
Description :
This accession produces an aggregate of several bulbs, similar to a shallot ( A. cepa var. aggregatum ), these are white and can exceed 2.5 cm in diameter.
Its bulbils the size of a pea.
Perfectly resistant to rust, vigorous.
5 bulbils for €3
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AXP#5: ‘Catawissa red’
Origin: Catawissa, State of Pennsylvania, United States of America.
Accession status: Old local cultivar.
Accession type: Clone.
Accession history:
The ‘Catawissa’ onion is said to have been developed in 1850 by F. F. Merceron in Catawissa, a town in the state of Pennsylvania. It is mentioned in the work of Hervieux-Morin from 1885.
Matt Cavens, a Scotsman selling on eBay under the identifier: the.onion.man, obtained this accession at a flea market near Kingsland, Leominster, United Kingdom.
Tobiasz Weselak, Polish collector of bulbous and tuberous vegetable plants, selling on eBay under the identifier: ibc-seller-seeds, purchased this accession from Matt Cavens.
Accession acquired by Joran's Seeds and Research in the form of bulbils, in 2023, from Tobiasz Weselak.
Description :
This accession is distinguished by its vigorous growth and the rapidity with which the bulbils begin to grow, often without even detaching from the inflorescence.
Several layers of bulbils develop, these produce foliage.
Can exceed 75 cm in height.
5 bulbils for €3
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AXP#6: ‘Moritz’
Origin: Unknown.
Accession status: Old local cultivar.
Accession type: Clone.
Accession history:
Matt Cavens, a Scotsman selling on eBay under the identifier: the.onion.man
obtained this accession at a flea market near Kingsland, Leominster, United Kingdom.
Tobiasz Weselak, Polish collector of bulbous and tuberous vegetable plants, selling on eBay under the identifier: ibc-seller-seeds, purchased this accession from Matt Cavens.
Accession acquired by Joran's Seeds and Research in the form of bulbils, in 2023, from Tobiasz Weselak.
Description :
Large bubbles of dark red-purple color, large vegetation.
5 bulbils for €3
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AXP#7: Red
Origin: Unknown.
Accession status: Old local cultivar.
Accession type: Clone.
Accession history:
Accession acquired by Joran's Seeds and Research in the form of bulbils, in 2023, from Tobiasz Weselak, Polish collector of bulbous and tuberous vegetable plants, selling on eBay under the identifier: ibc-seller-seeds
Description: not very vigorous.
5 bulbils for €3
Allium oschaninii x A. cepa var. aggregatum :
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(AO#1xAggS): 'Grisor'
Origin: France.
Accession status: Contemporary cultivar.
Accession type: Clone.
Accession history:
Cultivar developed in France by INRAE (Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement) from a cross between Allium oschaninii cv. 'Griselle' x Allium cepa var. aggregatum Jersey type.
Regenerated variety free from OYDV virus
Accession acquired by Joran's Seeds and Research in the form of bulbs, in 2023, from the French seed manufacturer Baumaux.
Description :
Coppery gray tunic, aromatic purplish flesh.
Flowers occasionally, begins flowering from May. The flower stalks have the typical swelling of Allium oschaninii.
Shelf life 7/8 months.
1 bulb for €1.20
Disappeared or eliminated:
AggS#2: East-West Seeds
Origin: Asia.
Accession history:
Accession acquired by Joran's Seeds and Research in seed form, in 2023.
Description :
The Thai text contained in the image can be translated as:
Shallots
Hom Lamduan
Easy to grow, disease resistant, leaves, flowers and bulbs are edible.
On the back of the packet, East-West Seeds describe it like this:
Specially selected shallot seeds, Lamduan onion.
Robust plant, disease resistant, large giant tubers, bright red tubers, fragrant, easy to grow.
Harvest period 70 to 80 days after sowing.
Vigorous, disease-resistant plants, bright red, with uniformly large, fragrant heads.
A long-day tropical variety, the plants developed very poorly and eventually disappeared.
