What's wrong with these onions?

[Owen Lucas]

The skins of these onions seems off. The red, white and Vidalia onions all had the same skin condition, wrinkly and tattered. They are normally smooth skinned. Is this a bad crop, transportation or water damage?

 

[Malo83]

Look like the ones we buy at the store, peel them back and you'll have your smooth skin, love those red onions.

 

[Zee09]

Looks like they are just getting older.

 

[Owen Lucas]

Looks like they are just getting older.

I normally see ones that are smooth skinned, picture perfect so I was surprised to see these. Maybe stayed to long in the truck.

 

[Zee09]

I normally see ones that are smooth skinned, picture perfect so I was surprised to see these. Maybe stayed to long in the truck.

Same here. They are tight and smooth when fresh but when they start to age like us they wrinkle up..lol
Probably need to peel away a layer or two and they are good but not to store away for later.

 

[jonnied1]

There's nothing wrong with them at all. Just normal.

 

[totegoat]

Don't look good but probably fine. Were they discounted?

 

[Owen Lucas]

Don't look good but probably fine. Were they discounted?

No just regular price, all of the onions appeared this way.

 

[hemitom]

Wonder if they were stored somewhere that went a little below freezing ?

 

[Freischneider]

The biggest problem I see is they're not Vidalia onions.

 

[MasterSolenoid]

My guess is there getting older (dried) and the skins are separating.

I recently saw a supermarket employee peeling the loose skins off the onions.
Very time consuming.
I mentioned to her - if she wore rubber gloves, it would go faster.

 

[hrv]

The biggest problem I see is they're not Vidalia onions.

was going to post the very same thing...

 

[Owen Lucas]

The biggest problem I see is they're not Vidalia onions.

The ones on the right? I think those are Vidalia, yellow are on the left next to the red. Unless they are sweet onions? Vidalia are flatter than normal I believe. I'm not an onion expert lol.

 

[tom slick]

its a little early for onion season, those have probably been in a bunker all winter. nothing wrong with them.

 

[Freischneider]

The ones on the right? I think those are Vidalia, yellow are on the left next to the red. Unless they are sweet onions? Vidalia are flatter than normal I believe. I'm not an onion expert lol.

This is a Vidalia. Most are shaped like this but some are more spherical.

 

[MParr]

Walmart specials.