Question: What is the official state vegetable of Texas?
Answer: The Texas sweet onion. Sweet onions have been cultivated in Texas since 1898. In the 1970s, Texas A&M horticulture professor Dr. Leonard Pike developed the famous 1015 variety, named for its ideal planting date of October 15. The Texas sweet onion is the state’s leading vegetable crop, and in 1997, lawmakers designated it as the official state vegetable.
