It???s a hearty winter onion that was made into an onion soup.???This is a crop that has been around for generations,??? Johnson says. ???In the 1930s, it was the only thing people ate because they were so poor.???Crops, such as the Kratzke bean and the red potato onion, are much like the seeds sowed by her grandmother years ago.Johnson spent summers with her in the garden.???She got me hooked,???