Provided is an onion cultivar requiring 14 or more contiguous hours of daylight to initiate bulb formation comprising a bulb having less than 5.5 ìM pyruvic acid/gram fresh weight (ìM/g FW pyruvate) at harvest, wherein said bulb is capable of being stored for two months under suitable conditions without an increase in PAD of greater than 20%. Further provided are breeding methods to obtain such plants.