Onions
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A typical product cultivated in Campania, from Angri to the rest of the world

Known also with its botanical name Allium Cepa, the onion is one of the oldest vegetables in the world,  known to the ancient Egyptians. It seems that the ancient Canaanites (the inhabitants of that Middle Eastern region, now modern day Lebanon, Israel, and the western parts of Syria and Jordan), over 5,000 years ago, knew the techniques of cultivation and use in the kitchen. In ancient Egypt, on the other hand, the onion became an object of worship because of its spherical shape and concentric rings which, for worshiping  the dead from local populations, referred to extraterrestrial life after death. The ancient Greeks and Romans, on the other hand, were the first to recognise and appreciate its therapeutic properties.
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Varieties

The main varieties in Italy are white, yellow, red, Tropea, Borettana and flat. Due to the peculiar climatic conditions that distinguish many regions, Campania is one of the main producing regions of onions, along with Veneto, Emilia-Romagna, Calabria and Puglia.

Cultivation and marketing

The onion does not need particularly copious irrigation; on the contrary, it prefers just humid and very porous soil. Exposure to the sun, on the contrary, is an essential element for the growth and ripening of the plant. It follows that volcanic soils, such as those of the Agro Nocerino-Sarnese and the surrounding areas, are ideal for cultivating this type of vegetable.  more than 50 million tons of onions are produced every year throughout the world, with China alone producing more than twenty million; Italy, with its 300,000 tons each year, is not among the world's leading producers, but the typical varieties produced exclusively in our country have few equals in the world, by number and quality.
Our onions are produced exclusively in Campania.
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Do you want to know more about growing onions in our area? Write to us at : info@cavallaroprodottiortofrutticoli.it
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