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Nearly Extinct Onion Planted in Utah Today

The Blanc de Paris Hatif onions from The Centre for Genetic Resources, the Netherlands
The Blanc de Paris Hatif onions from The Centre for Genetic Resources, the Netherlands

A Utah author and researcher has been given a rare vegetable seed from the U.S. government in an effort to prevent further loss of thousands of years of seed heritage. Caleb Warnock planted his very rare onion seeds today in a garden behind his home in Alpine, Utah.