What are the main producing areas of Welsh onion? A complete list of China's main Welsh onion producing regions

Shandong Welsh onion is very famous, but besides Shandong, other parts of China also grow Welsh onion, so what are the main Welsh onion producing areas? Let's take a look!

China's main Welsh onion producing areas are mainly Shandong, Liaoning, Hebei, etc. The producing areas of different varieties of Welsh onion are not exactly the same, such as:

Zhangqiu Welsh onion from Zhangqiu, Jinan, Shandong; Shouguang Welsh onion from Shouguang, Shandong; Gaiping Welsh onion from Liaoning; Eryingbai Welsh onion from Hebei; and Jitui onion from Longyao County, Hebei, and Laiwu, Shandong, etc.

Among them:

1. Zhangqiu Welsh onion

It is a specialty of Zhangqiu, Jinan, Shandong. Zhangqiu Welsh onion has a slightly mild spicy taste, a hint of sweetness, and is crisp and tender and delicious. Its white stalk is very large and it is suitable for long storage. The quality characteristics of Zhangqiu Welsh onion can be summed up in four words: tall, long, crisp, and sweet.

Tall: refers to the tall plant of Zhangqiu Welsh onion, which has the title of “King of Onions”.

Long: refers to the main product part of Zhangqiu Welsh onion——the white stalk is long and straight. Generally, the white stalk is 50-60 cm long (up to about 80 cm), 3-4 cm in diameter, and a single plant weighs about 1000 grams, with the heaviest reaching more than 1.5 kg.

Crisp: refers to the crisp and tender texture of Zhangqiu Welsh onion.

Sweet: refers to the white stalk of Zhangqiu Welsh onion, which is sweet and delicious, rarely pungent, and most suitable for eating raw or cooked, and it is also good when cooked. Zhangqiu Welsh onion contains relatively high amounts of protein, multiple vitamins, amino acids, and minerals, especially vitamin A, vitamin C, and allicin, which has strong bactericidal ability.

2. Shouguang Welsh onion

It is a specialty of Shouguang, Shandong. The main varieties of Shouguang Welsh onion are “Jitui onion”, “Bayeqi”, and “Yingye onion”.

3. Gaiping Welsh onion

The producing area of Gaiping Welsh onion is Longwangmiao, Gaiping, Liaoning, and the plant height is about 1 m. The leaves are relatively upright, in the form of thick tubes, with a waxy powder on the leaf surface; dark green. The white stalk is tall, 45-50 cm long, 3-4 cm thick, a single plant weighs 200-450 grams, and the largest plant weighs 600 grams. The white stalk is crisp and tender, sweet with a slight spiciness, highly cold-resistant, does not tiller, and has excellent quality. The yield per 667 sq m is about 4500 kg.

4. Eryingbai Welsh onion

It is a local variety of the long white-stalk type from Longyao and Renxian in Hebei Province. The plant is relatively tall, with a height of 90-100 cm and a spread of 18 cm. The leaves are in the form of thick tubes, with a waxy powder on the leaf surface, dark green. A single plant has 8 functional leaves. The leaves are 40 cm long and 1.0 cm thick. The white stalk is cylindrical, 30-40 cm high and 3.6 cm thick.

5. Jitui onion

The producing areas of Jitui onion include Longyao County, Hebei, and Laiwu, Shandong. The plant of Jitui onion is 60-70 cm high, with a thick base that gradually narrows upward, resembling an inverted chicken leg.