Gary K. Smith / Home grown Onions ( Allium cepa) varieties 'Red baron', and 'new fen globe' drying off for winter storage, UK, August

Gary K. Smith / Stored overwintered maincrop onions for eating, with tray of seed shallots for planting in foreground.

Niall Benvie / Red spring onions (Allium cepa)

Ernie Janes / Harvested Onions (Allium cepa) drying in the sun, UK

Ernie Janes / Harvested Onions laid out to dry in sun in garden allotment, UK

Ernie Janes / Harvested Onions laid out to dry in sun in vegetable garden, UK

Ernie Janes / Onions growing in vegatable garden, UK

Adrian Davies / Onion (Allium cepa). Cross section of a germinating bulb.

Nature Production / Onion (Allium cepa) sprouting, hydroponic cultivation, Japan

Jenny E. Ross / Processor onions, to be used dehydrated in various food products, being harvested from an agricultural field in the Imperial Valley, California, USA.

Gary K. Smith / Potting shed storing harvested garden vegetables including Shallots Onions Chillies and Marrows, UK, September

Gary K. Smith / Rustic potting shed bench with Onions (Allium cepa) and Squashes, Norfolk, UK, September