Who does not like to pamper yourself with delicious green onions at the dining table. Especially if you raised it yourself. In this article we will discuss the varieties of onion-batun, or rather, on its best varieties. The onion-batun differs from the ordinary bulb in height of its fistulous leaves and lack of onions. Such onions are cultivated exclusively for greenery. Moreover, most of the varieties of batun are unpretentious to environmental conditions and can yield more than once a year. And a few more years to grow in one place. What are the best varieties of this savory plant, we will describe below.
April
The variety lives up to its name and is a rather early variety of onion batun. Making his way out from under the snow in spring, he gives a lot of vitamins, unlike his peers. Onions can not die even at -10 degrees and grow in one place up to seven years. April variety has a lot of vitamins, such as A, B, C, and other trace elements. Onion leaves are dense, fistulous and after cutting for a long time retain their stability. The height of the leaves is often more than half a meter high. 
Another feature of the April variety is resistance to a variety of pests and diseases. From the first appearances to the harvest, less than three months pass. Onions have a sweetish taste with a pleasant tin. From one bush you can collect up to forty shoots. Among them is sure to have a stalk with seeds. They need time to cut, otherwise all the juice will go to the seeds and taste of onion spoil. Plant this type of onion on neutral soils and watch the weeds germinate, because the April batun does not tolerate neighborhoods with them.
Important! Although onions can grow in one place for seven years, we recommend changing the landing site after four years. After this period, the onion can produce a small amount of colored stems that will affect the taste of the plant.
The baron
As well as the previous grade, the baron is also early ripe. The height of the stems can reach 70 cm. However, with such growth on it are formed a few false stems. From the moment of manifestation of the first shoots to harvest, it takes a little over a month. Leaves resistant, straight with a special wax coating. Variety Baron can easily tolerate frosts. The main crop brings only the second year after planting. With one square meter of onion-batun can collect up to ten kilograms of sheet mass. Onion leaves taste very delicate, with a pleasant sharpness. The leaves of this variety are recommended to use fresh.
Bahia Verde
Variety of Bahia Verde is very interesting because it is a hybrid between a batun and onions. He has the highest precocity among his fellows. The stems do not exceed 30 cm in height. They are about 2 cm in diameter. The leaves are quite persistent, of a saturated green color with a slight waxy coating. The variety is designed to grow from the earliest spring to late autumn. If the ground is protected, the onions can grow even in winter. The roots of this hybrid are resistant to diseases of pink rot and root rot of Donets. The taste of Bahia Verde is gentle, with a spicy sharpness.
Important! Growing onion varieties with high sprawling branches, do not forget to spud it, otherwise side shoots may begin to lean under their weight.
Sunrise
One of the well-known middle-ripe varieties of onion batun - Sunrise. This subspecies does not differ from its peers by exposure to cold and calmly endures even 45-degree frosts. Useful stems germinate long enough. The height of the arrows rarely reaches above 27 cm. With one shoot, up to thirty useful pods can be obtained. Variety sunrise does not particularly stand out among others yield. From one square meter receive up to fifteen kilograms of the finished product.
Gribovsky
The variety of onion-batun Gribovsky or, as it is also called by the people Gribovsky 21, differs from others in its high yield. The plant is quite branchy, but the height of the bush does not exceed 25 cm. Its stem is lighter than that of its relatives, and it has a delicate, slightly sweetish taste with a small sharpness. The arrows of Gribovsky appear late, but when the bow reaches the peak of its growth, the shoots are very powerful and resistant to the wind. From one square meter to collect up to 20 kg of nutrient stems.
Did you know? Some varieties of onion batun contain more sugar. than in apples and pears.
Emerald
Emerald adds to the list of early ripe varieties of onion-batun. This hybrid is bred by crossing onion batons and common onions. Basically, this variety is used to prepare a variety of salads. Its leaves are painted in dark green with a special waxy coating. Emerald batun contains a large amount of vitamin C. Onion leaves taste delicate, very juicy, slightly sharp. This variety is also winter-hardy and is immune to many diseases.
Giant
A relatively recently bred, mid-ripening variety of onion batuna Ispolin. It tolerates severe frosts. The leaves of this onion are wide and persistent, so they gave it such a name. Shoots rich green color, covered with a waxy bloom. Subspecies pleasant to taste with mild sharpness. It is grown mainly for fresh consumption.
Tenderness
This variety of onion-batun is one of the earliest ripened. After the first shoots appeared, after a month they can be cut and eaten. The subspecies are not particularly branched, not more than 40 cm tall. The leaves are light green, erect, with a slight wax coating. It was not for nothing that the variety was given such a name, its stalks and the truth are very delicate in taste with appreciable pleasant sharpness. Grown for salad destination and fresh use. Onion-batun varieties Tenderness is a winter-hardy variety with a high content of carotene.
Did you know? Onion-batun contains twice ascorbic acid than his fellow bulb.
May
The variety is early ripe, not very branched, of medium height. The leaves are straight, persistent, bright green with a faint wax coating. The taste sensations onion pleasant, juicy, with spiciness and high sugar content. The leaves do not harden for a long time in cutting and are able to maintain nutritional qualities and appearance. Also, this variety is resistant to frost.
Russian winter
Russian winter - a variety of early maturation. It differs from other species by a longer and more massive onion. Aerial part of a dark yellow color. A branching plant with persistent stems. The leaves have a juicy taste with a weak manifestation of sharpness. In cutting for a long time do not grow coarse, retaining all the useful properties. The variety is frost resistant and is grown mainly for the preparation of salads.
Did you know? Onion-batun found his calling even in pharmaceuticals. On its basis, receive drugs that reduce blood pressure.
Salad
Salad or salad 35 - early variety with increased resistance to cold. The stems rise almost half a meter above the ground. The shoots are dudchatye strong, with strong branching. According to taste characteristics does not differ from fellows. Same gentle and juicy, with piquant sharpness. It tends to lie in the cut for a long time and not be rude. Another variety is quite resistant to various diseases.
Seryozha
Sort Sergei - is the fruit of the intersection of onion-batun and onions. It ripens quite early and stretches up above half a meter high. Leaves resistant, painted in green color with an interesting bluish shade with well noticeable waxing. Serezha can easily endure severe frosts. The leaves taste very juicy, tender, with a well-felt sharpness and pleasant sweetness.
We introduced you to the most famous late-ripening and early-ripening varieties of onion-batun. Almost all varieties of this onion are very tasty and, growing them on your own plot, you will undoubtedly receive a lot of pleasure and vitamins. The onion batun is not particularly fastidious to the conditions of the ground, does not require much attention to itself and gives fruit rather quickly. And the advantage of the onion batun is that it calmly transfers our winters and is very resistant to diseases.
