Description of garlic

Variety

Name of Garlic

Description

Rocambole


(Spanish Roja)

	Yugoslavian
	German Red
	Gigantus
	Brown Saxon
	Carpathian
	Killarney Red
	Spanish Roja

6-11 cloves/bulb. Cloves are plump and easy to peel. Rich hot flavor that lasts. Stores for approximately 2–3 months when grown and cured well. This is a hardneck garlic.
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Purple Stripe


(Chesnok Red)

	Persian Star
	Chesnok Red
	Chinese Red
	Red Rezan (Glazed Group)
	Siberian (Marbled Group)
	Brown Tempest (Marbled Group)
	Pskem (Marbled Group)

8-12 cloves/bulb. Great cooking and roasting garlic. Stores approximately 2-3 months as above. This is a hardneck garlic.
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Porcelain

(Georgian Crystal)

	Rosewood
	Georgian Crystal
	Romanian Red
	Polish Hardneck

Very LARGE cloves, 3-8 cloves/bulb. Stores better than most hardneck varieties. Relatively new to N. America. May tend to taste hotter the longer it is stored. Stores approximately 4-6 months. More info

Artichoke

(Early Red Italian)

	Asian Tempest (Asiatic Group)
	Early Red Italian
	Inchelium Red
	Thermadrone
	Transylvanian

Very long storing and easy to grow. 12-20 cloves /bulb. Very vigorous and large bulbs. Storage approximately 6-9 months. This is a softneck garlic.

SilverSkin


(Silver White)

	Mild French
	Nootka Rose
	Silver White

A softneck garlic. Longest storing variety. 13-16 cloves/bulb. Sharper taste when grown in northern climates. Most often used variety for braiding because of the flexible stems. Storage approximately 7-11 months.

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Last modified: February 06, 2010