Soft and juicy and fragile like a fruit, sweets are as synonymous with the Walla Walla Valley as is wine. And they’re federally protected: Only onions grown in the area can officially be sold as a Walla Walla sweet.
‘Nature’s pretty cool’: Local farm winds down Walla Walla sweet onion field as harvest endsThe onions are farmed by about a dozen growers in the Walla Walla Valley, which straddles southeastern Washington and northeastern Oregon. www.opb.org