petit oignon blanc

CONT: Oignon. Bulbe dont les diverses variétés sont utilisées soit en légume (...), soit en condiments (...) en pickles - petits oignons blancs conservés au vinaigre comme les cornichons.

CONT: ""Cocktail onions"" (...) are produced in much the same way as onion sets with very heavy, close seeding of pickling-type onions. Being crowded together, they tend to bulb early in their growth. And, special varieties are selected. The ""Pearl Onion"" name came from the Pearl variety - plus the fact that the small, white onion simulated a pearl - with a stretch of the imagination.