White Shallot? I think I got you covered. None of my alliums are dormant right now, but could probably take shipping. My unnamed ultraproductive shallot I would bet could take the shipping fine. I got it locally in a small roadside stand. They just called it shallots, but it was sprouting with lots of legs so I bought some of them. Since then it has done so well and tastes so nice, that I wish I had a name on it. I also have The Mirage shallot that has a rust colored wrapper and Ivory flesh. It may be what you are looking for. I too am looking for the white and red potatoe onions. Also rakkyu and perlwetzel and beltsville bunching and every other dividing, splitting or multiplying edible allium I can find. A book I read recomended the perpetual leek as a favorite divider, but I cannot find a source. Here is what I have growing right now.

Onion Deviding Ultra tough Cepa
Onion 1015 yellow
Onion Ailsa Craig
Onion Bermuda Belle white
Onion Big Red
Onion Big yellow
Onion Copra
Onion Crimson Forest
Onion Deep Purple
Onion Dividing Local Heirloom
Onion Dividing Tough Productive Possibly White Lisbon.
Onion Egyptian Walking
Onion Evergreen
Onion Evergreen Hardy
Onion Flat Red
Onion Four Seasons
Onion Granex yellow Sweet
Onion He Shi Ko
Onion I'itois
Onion Ishikura
Onion Japanese Unknown
Onion Kuronobori
Onion Mass Producing Japanese
Onion Natsuguro
Onion Potato
Onion Yellow Potato
Onion Red Beard
Onion S1 Productive Redskin Shallot
Onion Southern Belle Red
Onion Southport White
Onion Summer TS
Onion Superstar
Onion Sweet Spanish Contessa
Onion Tokyo Long White
Onion White Nebuka
Onion White Spear
Shallot Ambition
Shallot Armador
Shallot Bonilla
Shallot Matador
Shallot Mirage
Shallot Old German
Shallot Pinkish
Shallot Prisma
Shallot Red
Shallot Ultra productive
Shallot White
Shallot yellow Skin
Leek
Leek, Lancelot
Chives
Chives Garlic
Garlic
Garlic Elephant

I love the Idea of trading!

negi I'D LOVE TO HAVE SOME OF YOUR MIRAGE AND ULTRA PRODUCTIVE WHITE SHALLOTS, YOU HAVE A LOT MORE VARIETIES GROWING THAN I DO. E-MAIL ME INSTRUCTIONS AND FUNDS NEEDED AT cats@brtc.net AND I'LL REPLY ASAP. THANKYOU FOR YOUR KINDNESS. SUE ONEOFEIGHT

I recently purchase yellow potato onions,on Ebay,from seller
onestoppoppyshop.I liked what I recieved so much that I reordered more and added some shallots to the order.
You could try an Ebay search on potato onions or on the seller.

Has anyone shipped non-dormant shallots or onions? I bet that if I wash them clean, and send them in an air filled zip lock with a moist but not wet environment that they do fine. If no one has a better Idea I will send them this way.
-Bob

Non-dormant anything in a sealed Zip Loc will begin rotting in a day or two. That's one of the biggest complaints of customers who order live plants. That's also why fresh produce bags have holes in them. Punch a few holes in them and they'll be OK.

Martin

GONE2SEED THAT'S WHERE I GOT MY YELLOW POTATOE ONIONS, AND SOME GERMAN SHALLOTS, THEY WERE VERY NICE! THANKS FOR ANSWERING. SUE

I got Potato onions from southernexposure.com and from onestoppoppy, both are growing well. Both are yellow.

Thanks for the data on shipping paquebot! I will try it.

no i have never even found a clue for the white and red potato onions.
i have some white shallots name unkown . got them from a vendor at the flea market.she was an older lady and said they had been in her family for 50 plus years.would love to trade for some of the "nesting onions " they sound like some my mom had that i have been searching for.
email me please. lori

Negi,

If you're still looking for Rakkyo, contact me off-list (BrookBarb@aol.com). Perhaps we can do a deal. I'm particularly interested in some of your colored shallots.

Thanks Kentuckyheirloomer, I have sent the email.

-Bob

Kentuckyheirloomer and oneofeight,

Kentuckyheirloomer; You should get your alliums on the 14th or 15th, most likely the 15th.

Oneofeight; You should get your alliums on the 14th.

Let me know how they look when you get them and how they do.
-Bob

NEGI;
PAPER WRAPPED AND TRIMMED ALLIUMS ARE IN GREAT SHAPE. RECEIVED THE 15TH. PLANTED WITHIN THE HOUR. THANKS LOTS.
ONEOFEIGHT

Thanks for the feedback Oneofeight. The next test is to see how well they do. I suspect the biggest ones will recover quickly, partially because the biggest ones are by coincidence TOUGH plants.
-Bob

Kentuckyheirloomer, the rakkyo is lovely, Tonight we will probably get our last freeze for the year, so I will plant them tomorrow. I have plantlabels already made.
-Bob

That should work great, Bob. I planted my last batch in mid-January, and have full faith in them. Frost doesn't seem to bother them at all.

I'm holding off a little with the starts you sent, though. Got them in the fridge, and am planning on setting half of them in deep flats, under lights, and holding the others until March.

Will keep you in the loop how things develop.

I got the Onions, Oneofeight. They look healthy. I kept some onions wrapped the way that I sent them to you. I planted them one week after I picked them. I will compare recovery rates over the next couple of months.
Thanks Oneofeight!
-Bob

I am looking for the white potato onion as well---not the bunching onions---did anyone find them? I am looking for the one that makes a decent size onion that keeps for months.

I have been doing some research, and these MAY be available in both India and China---have an intern coming over---maybe there is hope yet.......also , I think these are still grown in Wales and England, and may have found a source there.

I got wiped out by armadillos while I was gone for a few days. Anyone out there have extras now or in the fall of any alliums to share? I will have lots of other types of heirloom seeds to share..

Wow, I loved this thread - and Negi - what a list!

I just bought a house with 3x the garden space -
Anyone able to share to help me restart?

I think I do still have Elephant Garlic seed to share,
if someone would like them. Assuming they survived the recent snow, that is...stored in a flat with peat
that was exposed and got pretty wet. (Tuff little guys,
so I expect they're fine)

Jules
who will host Spring and Fall Plant Swaps
in NE Portland (rain or shine)

I just purchased some White Potato Onions from an eBay seller. They also sell Yellow and a bunch of other stuff. They say they will have Red Potato Onions in 2012. I would love to have Yellow White and Red.

Here is a link that might be useful: I found White Potato Onions

I buy a lot of seeds from ebay... last yr i found southport bunching onions and loved them.
this yr the shipping $4.50 is just outrageous, its just a pkt less than ounce.. mail scammers are the worst. hope they rot in hell.