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The start of Vidalia onion season is here.Georgia Agriculture Commissioner Tyler Harper and the Vidalia Onion Committee have revealed April 17 as the season’s official pack date.Vidalia onions are available for a limited time each year between April and early September. The pack date is determined by soil and weather conditions during the growing season, contributing to high-quality Vidalia onions, the release said. The Vidalia Onion Advisory Panel voted to recommend April 17 to Harper.Because of the unique combination of weather, water, and soil in 20 south Georgia counties, Vidalia onions cannot be replicated anywhere else in the world.”For the 2024 season, we have 11,000 acres of Vidalia onions planted in the production area,” Vidalia Onion Committee Chairman Cliff Riner said in the release. “Over the past few years, sweet onion sales have continued to increase, with Vidalia onions being a big part of the market. We’re looking forward to another great season this year.”For over 80 years, Vidalia onions have been hand-planted, harvested, and cured by growers.”So this time of year, all of the Vidalia onions pretty much are hand harvested. That’s a misnomer for a lot of folks,” Said Riner. “We think they think we harvest almost like a combine of sort, something like corn or wheat. But we have because the onions are a vegetable crop and are delicate in nature; we harvest them by hand.”The Vidalia Onion Act 1986 established their growing region in south Georgia and trademarked the “Vidalia onion” name. Vidalia onions are grown from a distinctive seed, then packed and sold on or after the official pack date annually.

SAVANNAH, Ga. —

The start of Vidalia onion season is here.

Georgia Agriculture Commissioner Tyler Harper and the Vidalia Onion Committee have revealed April 17 as the season’s official pack date.

Vidalia onions are available for a limited time each year between April and early September.

The pack date is determined by soil and weather conditions during the growing season, contributing to high-quality Vidalia onions, the release said. The Vidalia Onion Advisory Panel voted to recommend April 17 to Harper.

Because of the unique combination of weather, water, and soil in 20 south Georgia counties, Vidalia onions cannot be replicated anywhere else in the world.

“For the 2024 season, we have 11,000 acres of Vidalia onions planted in the production area,” Vidalia Onion Committee Chairman Cliff Riner said in the release. “Over the past few years, sweet onion sales have continued to increase, with Vidalia onions being a big part of the market. We’re looking forward to another great season this year.”

For over 80 years, Vidalia onions have been hand-planted, harvested, and cured by growers.

“So this time of year, all of the Vidalia onions pretty much are hand harvested. That’s a misnomer for a lot of folks,” Said Riner. “We think they think we harvest almost like a combine of sort, something like corn or wheat. But we have because the onions are a vegetable crop and are delicate in nature; we harvest them by hand.”

The Vidalia Onion Act 1986 established their growing region in south Georgia and trademarked the “Vidalia onion” name.

Vidalia onions are grown from a distinctive seed, then packed and sold on or after the official pack date annually.