Shallot onion "Camelot" F1 (red)

Red shallot onion "Camelot" F1 - Allium ascalonicum.
Fine and sweety taste. 
A hybrid shallot that already in the year of sowing gives a ready-to-eat crop. Forms a large number of small onions covered with dark red dry scales. Juicy scales are white, very juicy and soft. Very well kept for use during late autumn and winter.
Shallots are an interesting alternative to other onions and are becoming increasingly popular for their distinctive flavor that doesn't overwhelm other foods. Differs in high dietary qualities, contains more, than onion of sugars, ascorbic acid, mineral substances and dry matters. Feather height - 35 cm, spread -15 cm.
The merely by seed multiplied variety is virusless. We need cca 4,5-5,5 g seed for 10 m2.
Agrotechnics.
Sowing in a permanent place, seeding depth - up to 1.5 cm. Placed in open, well-lit areas with fertile sandy loamy soil, fertilized in the previous year. Seeds are pre-soaked for a day in water, and then dried. After sowing, the topsoil is lightly compacted. Seeds germinate at +7 °C. Before germination, do not allow the soil to dry out.
Care: weeding, loosening, timely watering.
Shallot is a spicy vegetable, a biennial herbaceous plant of the onion family. It is less pungent in taste compared to onions, and more fragrant and fragrant than leeks.
Considered a gourmet onion, it is included in many recipes in French cuisine. It is used fresh as a seasoning for salads, soups, snacks.

Eng.: Scallion. Bot.: Allium cepa L. var. ascalonicum.