Growing high-quality onions is a fine art. No matter how skilled you are, it’s important to get the basics right. This requires reliable starting material, in this case first year onion sets. Grown in fertile soil and delivered with care. We share your desire for a first-rate end product.
We grow them ourselves so we know our varieties through and through. We work closely with several of the best seed breeders and together we select the best varieties for both the professional grower and gardener. As a result, our onion sets meet the highest quality standards and only the very best varieties qualify for our cultivation program.
We grow our onion sets on virgin and therefore disease-free land in Northern France, the South West Netherlands and in Flevoland. Together with our specialists we select the best land in these areas, and because of the extensive geographical spread we can minimise risks and can deliver a high-quality product at all times.
Optimal output is achieved by the cultivation manager, supported by a team of specialists, who supervises the growth of the crop by means of a specially developed cultivation and agronomy program. Thanks to extensive knowledge acquired through years of experience, the cultivation manager and his team know exactly which soil types the onion sets thrive best on.
We follow market trends closely to ensure we retain our leading position within the sector. We do everything possible to deliver the best onion sets: premium quality disease-free sets which are full of vigour!
All of our onion sets are NAKTuinbouw ‘Selectplant’ certified, so they meet the highest possible quality standards. Information regarding the sets supplied is available and upon request. We obtain this information from systematically taken samples which are analysed in a laboratory, as well as through our own practical trials and external field trials.
During the production of the onion sets the crop is left alone to grow as naturally as possible without intervention to allow nature to do its work. For example, the sets are grown without artificial fertilisers and no chemical crop protection agents are applied. All of our organic onion sets are SKAL certified.
Would you like to know which variety is best suited to your situation? Do you require bulk or packaged onion sets? We can also package onion sets under your own name or label. Please contact us so we can discuss the possibilities of working together!
250 gr until 5 kg, private label possible
5 kg until 20 kg, bigbags, bulk, boxes, other packages on request
TOP Onions Sets B.V., TOP Cultures France SARL
's-Gravenpolder (NL), Bihucourt (FR)
Discover the diversity of our organic varieties and find out which variety is best for you!
Shakespeare is the best-performing overwinter onion in our portfolio, bred by Allium Seeds UK. For an early harvest, the onions should be planted between the 14th and... More information 31st of October. Shakespeare is a few days later in maturity than Senshyu Yellow but gives higher yields and produces stronger flat-shaped onions with a nice brown skin colour and an average neck. The well-performing onion can be stored for several weeks.For professional producers it can be shipped to short destinations. The onion finds its origin in the United Kingdom and has a renowned reputation in Europe.
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Crusado is a relatively new long-day hybrid variety bred by Hazera. The onion is one of our best performing varieties. Crusado can be harvested relatively early, has ... More informationa tough skin, gives a good yield and boasts a remarkable root system. When breeding this onion, good storage characteristics, yield, early maturity and a strong root system were most important. Because of its unrivalled root system, Crusado outperforms any other variety in dry conditions. The onion can be stored for several months without any loss of quality. This makes it ideally suited to overseas shipment. The yellow to brown uniform round-shaped onions should be planted in the spring, at the earliest, from the 2nd week of February onwards. The onion has a thin neck and has its origins in The Netherlands following many years of intense breeding.
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Stuttgarter Riesen, with its unique round-shaped bulbs, is the most popular variety for the hobby gardener. When Stuttgarter Riesen is fully grown it produces flat to... More information flat-round shaped onions. Because of its flat appearance the Stuttgarter Riesen is not cultivated in Western Europe. Traditionally, the Western European market prefer its onions to be round-shaped, so they are usually only found in gardens. However, in Southeast Europe it's exactly the other way around. Here people recognise flatter onions as being traditional and locally-grown onions which round onions are often perceived as having been imported.
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Setton outperforms every variety when it comes to yield, skin quality, firmness, storage ability, and root system. Setton, bred by Syngenta, is a long-day variety wit... More informationh a late maturity. The variety is well known by professional growers because of its high yield and uniform round shape. When kept in the right conditions, Setton can be stored for at least 9 months. Setton thrives at a latitude above 48 degrees (above the line of Paris) and because of its uniform round shape, it's the best variety for industrial processing.
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Sturon is the most popular variety in the professional sector. Sturon is an old variety renowned for its suitability for storage and good yields. The stable and consi... More informationstent variety produces round to dome-shaped (globe-shaped) brown onions with an average neck. Sturon is also popular among hobby growers.
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Recipes, varieties, delivery times, packaging, assortments, operations. Where do you have specific requirements? We are happy to help you with your requirements. Our possibilities are great because we grow, process and export ourselves. These products may also be of interest to you:
19-23 October 2024
We would like to invite you to meet us at SIAL Paris! From October 19 to 23 you will find us at stand 2M028. Our team is ready to welcome you and let you taste our latest products. Come by and discover what we have to offer!