Chihuly Onions

Back in 2005, Dale Chihuly had an installation at Kew Gardens, outside of London.

Dale Chihuly's floating walla wallas at Kew Gardens

One of my favorite features was the floating glass he called Walla Wallas. Except for the gorgeous array of colors, the actual sweet onions from eastern Washington do look remarkably like the art pieces.

We wondered, in Britian, how many people would get the joke. And what types of sweet onions are indigenous to Europe? Would we have been among the select few if he had called them Vidalias, instead?