Vidalia Test Crops In South Carolina Appear Promising
May 13, 2010 | 1 min to read
ST. MATTHEWS — Onion farmer Kent Scott has been growing Georgia Vidalia onions for the past 40 years. When he moved to South Carolina about six years ago, he wondered why the vegetable could not be grown here.
"We knew it would grow in this area, but we had to prove it to the South Carolina Department of Agriculture," said Scott, who serves as a sales consultant for his sister, Lou Bragg, and their 28-acre St. Matthews Palmetto sweet onion farm. "It could be a very big thing in the state in a short amount of time."
Bragg, who has been selling Vidalia onions annually at the Columbia State Farmers Market for the past 29 years, helped Scott connect with SCDA officials.
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