Talk:Shallot

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Do we really need to know what shallots are called in Tamil? I think that is a bit much otherwise we will have every translation of shallot in every language 216.165.28.118 17:07, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

Does anyone else think that "shallots are particularly high in anti-cancer compounds" is a bit speculative? The source attributed is hardly authoritative... Icarusfall 17:04, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

OED only lists the Allium Ascalonicum as a shallot. This article does not mention it at all.

The French wiki (fr:Échalote) also favors Allium Ascalonicum. A-giau 05:52, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

The following material was moved from the article, since it is either out of date, or needs reverification:

It is a hardy bulbous perennial, which has not been certainly found wild and is regarded by Alphonse de Candolle as probably a modification of A. cepa, dating from about the beginning of the Christian Era.

There are two varieties of shallot -- the common shallot, and the Jersey (or Russian) shallot, the latter being much larger and less pungent than the former.

WormRunner 08:28, 13 Feb 2004 (UTC)

I am a little puzzled (inter alia) by the planting and harvesting times. Are they for the southern hemisphere? Peter Seabrook’s 'Complete Vegetable Gardener (London, 1976) suggests planting from February to April. William Cobbett, in The English Gardener (London, 1833) suggests March. Autumn planting—as with garlic—might well work, but I don’t see how they could be ready for harvesting in February/March. - Ian Spackman 00:59, 29 January 2006 (UTC)

OK, now I see the problem: ‘the principal crop should not be harvested earlier than February’ should be ‘the principal crop should not be planted earlier than February’. Fixed. - Ian Spackman 02:45, 29 January 2006 (UTC)