Talk:Allium fistulosum

message: I don't think the image of Allium fistulosum bulbifera is appropriate for this article.  Firstly, that is not a typical welsh onion and gives no sense of the normal form of the species, secondly, my understanding is that the bulbiferous forms, which are usually called tree onions or Egyptian onions, are actually crosses with A. cepa and have often been included with that species.  The image should go with an article on tree onions. WormRunner | Talk 14:34, 31 Oct 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: The Japanese word for a bulb onion is 'tamanegi', meaning 'ball negi' - they approach onions from the opposite point of view to the West.  Worth including?--62.58.152.52 14:46, 15 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Japanese references

message: It seems to me that "Welsh onions are known as 蔥 (simplified:葱) (pinyin: cōng) in Chinese, 葱..." implies that 葱 is the simplified form and 蔥 the traditional, more complex one, whereas the opposite is implied both by the complexity of the characters and the fact that 葱 is the one used in Japanese... So I'm going to reverse the order of the characters in the article. I also think the parenthetical comment about the species name ought to follow "leaves", so I am going to move it. --Haruo (talk) 00:41, 1 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Chinese characters

message: I live in the UK and have never came across the term Welsh Onion, in the article one of the alternate names is Spring Onion, in the UK the name Spring Onion is given to something that looks similar to the picture but has a small bulb @ the bottom, from the description & picture it looks more like what we would call Chives. I suppose this is the inherent difficulty when describing things with local names. Different cultures not only have different names for the same thing, EG the parts of the street were pedestrians walk is called the Pavement in the UK, and the Sidewalk in the US. Conversely we also use the same name for different things EG the part of the street that motorist use, in the UK would be the Tarmac, but in the US it would be the Pavement. Unfortunately I don't have a solution but I just thought I would point this out, I suppose the point I am making is that I am not too sure what this article is actually about, I don't think this exact plant exists in the UK, if I saw it in real life would I go Ohh yeah that's a Spring Onion, or a Chive or whatever or if it would be something new to me. Incidentally if you do go to North Wales you find all along the country paths and along streams a great abundance of (what we call) Wild Garlic which is a plant somewhat like described in the article but with a strong scent of garlic.
Yakacm (talk) 10:41, 24 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Welsh Onion/Spring Onion 

message: it redirects to "Negi (caste)" instead.67.161.16.188 (talk) 02:19, 8 September 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Negi doesn't redirect here 

message: I asian countries this kind of onion is shoved in someones rectum against colds, it would be nice to add this piece of information to the article
source: http://allthetropes.wikia.com/wiki/Ass_Shove#Real_Life  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.17.139.4 (talk) 17:19, 27 March 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  used as remedy against colds in asia