This onion is known under many aliases, including Danvers Yellow, Round Yellow Danvers, and Yellow Globe Danvers. It is a highly productive, round, yellow-fleshed strain developed out of the old common yellow onion introduced from England in the eighteenth century. Bulbs are normally about 3 inches in diameter and about 2 3/4 inches tall. Seed can be planted in the spring for a September harvest. The skin is a distinctive brownish yellow. In spite of its many merits, it does not store well. It was essentially developed through selective breeding by the Market growers in the Danvers Connecticut area prior to 1800 and was a successful market onion until the Civil War. In my youth It was the main yellow onion used as sets. Today Stuttgarter has about replaced it in that market. It can be grown as a green onion/scallion in many areas. To attain mature size thay are restricted to the northern states and Canada.

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