[penlee]

I have been given 2 pkts of seeds by someone recently back from holiday.They are Rouge de Florence & Echalion Figaro,the problem is everthing is written in French.They look more like shallots to me.Could someone please help with sewing dates etc.

[Sally A]

I believe echalion is french for shallots.........sorry that's where my help endeth.

[penlee]

Thanks anyway,thats more French than i knew.

[WG.]

Echalion would suggest scallion, i.e. Spring onions

Google suggests the Rouge de Florence is a keeper, hence sow under glass in Jan/Feb

[WG.]

Shallot is eschallot or echallot  

[WG.]

Why not type in the text from the packets, we have members who'll surely translate for you?

[shaun]

i got loads of french seed of my neighbour penlee its all "La Semeuse" thats the company,you get a lot more seed in the packet than the ones we get here.
as for the onions I would sow em in jan/feb same as you would with ours.

[gobs]

I'm wondering if the RF is the same, sold here as Long Red Florence, which is an elongated bulb, any pickies on the packet? That might be b**ls, just a wild guess...

[penlee]

yes gobs there is a picture of elongated onions (shallots).

[gregmcalister]

Try this site to help with the translation.  It does translate things literally so you might have to decipher the result a little bit.

Babel Fish Translation

That's if the link works...

[gobs]

If it's shallots then it's a different thing, but as Shaun said, you so your onions, when you sow your onions.