Re: need google help

**R* M* M* <r*@comcast.net>**

That's very interesting about your shallots. The Walking onion(egyptian Onions) are Allium x proliferum and shallots are Allium cepa. The walking onion stems finally get so top heavy with bulblets they topple over and the the bulblets take root. When a virus is present the bulbs get a little smaller every year in spite of good care. I was at our farmer's market this morning and all but one grower had seed grown. On;y one had bulb grown and they were undersized. I suppose I should have purchased a couple and taste compared with mine. 
Rose Marie Nichols McGee
On Oct 19, 2013, at 3:24 PM, Betty Mackey wrote:

> Mayo, interesting thread.
> 
> About shallots. I started mine from shallots from the vegetable market (meant to be used as food) a year and a half ago. They grew well and developed bulbs. Each one grew a long stem bearing a cluster of small bulbils. These bulbils fattened up and then the whole stem fell over. When the bulbils hit the ground some took root and started a smaller long stem. They behaved just like something a friend gave me as a "walking onion." Is that a British or North American synonym for shallot? They are hardy here in 6B and I saw similar plants in Quebec.
> 
> 
> The unharvested bulbs in the ground kept on maturing and developed into clusters of plants that now look similar to clumps of green onions. Summer-planted bulbils look just about the same. I am eager to see what they all do next spring.
> 
> I have eaten some of them picked as bulbs and others harvested and used as green onions -- all are fine.
> 
> I suppose I could have spread a virus this way but so far there is no sign of one.

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