Southport White Globe Allium cepa ‘Southport White Globe’
LATIN NAME: Allium cepa
COMMON NAME: Southport White Globe Onion
The Southport globe bleaches the firm, white bulbs under the hollow, grey-green leaves, the whole row standing in the clean, solid look of the kitchen garden. The hardy, biennial herb carries the hollow, cylindrical, grey-green leaves from the large, round, firm, white-skinned bulbs with the white, crisp flesh, and the small, white or greenish-white flowers in the dense, globular umbels, on the tall, hollow, swollen stalks, through the summer of the second year, one of the clean, quiet sights of the kitchen garden, drawing the bees, to be followed by the small, black, angled seeds. The black seeds have a very long record as the fine, keeping onions of the old gardens, and the plant is a historic presence of the kitchen garden. It is a plant of the open, sunny, deep, rich, moist, well-drained ground.
Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology
The Southport globe is a historic subject of the plant science, and the white bulbs keep showing up in the work on the long-day onions. The way the small, white or greenish-white flowers form in the dense, globular umbels has been studied at length, and it keeps appearing in the studies of the long-day onions, the hollow leaves and the members of the onion family. The black seeds and the firm habit have also made it a fine study herb, and the Southport globe is a regular subject of the work on the white bulbs of the temperate world.
Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications
The Southport globe is a clean, useful plant of the kitchen garden and the study collection. The hollow, cylindrical, grey-green leaves from the large, round, firm, white-skinned bulbs carry the clean look of the kitchen garden, one of the clean, quiet sights of the kitchen garden, drawing the bees, and the black seeds have a very long record as the fine, keeping onions of the old gardens, the crisp, white flesh coming to the salads, the pickles and the steady trade of the grocers, while the small, white or greenish-white flowers in the dense, globular umbels, on the tall, hollow, swollen stalks, open through the summer of the second year, to be followed by the small, black, angled seeds. It is one of the fine choices for the kitchen garden, the store cupboard and the study collection, and it has been written up in the agricultural and the culinary papers for the white bulbs and the very long history. It is a clean, useful plant of the open, sunny, deep, rich, moist, well-drained garden.
The Southport globe seeds grow steadily in a sandy, loamy soil kept lightly moist. The young seedlings are firm once they root, and they enjoy the deep, rich ground of the long-day row.
To grow the Southport globe from seed, sow the small, black seeds thinly across the surface of the deep tray of sandy, loamy soil, water gently, then keep the tray in a bright, open spot. The seedlings appear within a couple of weeks, and they grow on steadily. With the sun and the deep, rich, moist ground, the white globes will firm over the year.
Excellent pure-white storage variety. Harvested in the spring for tender green bunching onions. Long-day type, prized for its globe- shaped bulbs and close grain flesh.