Details Type: hard neck Rocambole garlic Color: bulb wrapper has a brownish cast Maturity: ? Size: “A Grade = 1 7/8″ and larger bulbs” averages 6-8 cloves per bulb, per PVFS 8-13 cloves per bulb BCMAFF approximately 7 bulbs per pound Yield: ? Taste: Heat: strong & long-lasting great flavor “strong garlic flavor with a warm […]

Details Type: hard neck porcelain (continental) garlic Color: creamy white/shiny thick white wrapper rose skinned cloves Maturity: ? Size: “big & fat” 2″ and larger diameter bulbs 4-7 large cloves per bulb Yield: ? Taste: Heat: 5 (very strong) Good for salsa “one of the hottest garlics” “full-bodied & strong; intense but flavorful” “raw flavor […]

Details Type: hard neck purple stripe garlic Color:  white outer layers almost solid purple striping on clove wrappers Maturity: “late maturing” Size: 2″ and larger diameter bulbs 5-7 large cloves per bulb “grows larger than other garlics” Yield: ? Taste: “very strong, hot garlic” Heat: very strong Disease Resistance: ? Storage Quality: medium stores better […]

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Silverskin Garlic Details Type: softneck garlic (Sativum subspecies) Shape: Bulb: tallish to elliptical globes Color: Cloves: white or pink blushed; hard to peel Leaves: often pale green, sometimes average green; generally very upright, sometimes droop at ends Bulbils: rare, but on topsets when they may appear from stress or cold winters Maturity: late (after all others) […]

Details Allium ampeloprasum Type: Neither hardneck nor softneck; it’s a type of leek Shape: ? Color: ? Maturity: ? Produces solid seed stalk which doesn’t always curl –  Flower stalk should be cut off Very large flower cluster, but rarely opens fully and aren’t very fertile, thus propagation is primarily via clove Corms: very tough […]

Details Type: softneck garlic Shape: Bulb: flat to thick-flat or flat globe Cloves: plump, squarish Color: Bulb skin: off-white to dirty white or yellow-white; sometimes light purple blush; coarse to very coarse texture Cloves: milky-white Maturity: Maturity: early to medium early Size: Bulb: 2.25 to 3 inches Yield: Cloves: 12-18, up to 24 per bulb; hard […]

Details on Growing Music Garlic Type: hardneck porcelain (continental garlic) Color:  shiny white sheath pink-tinged clove skins Maturity: ? Size: 2″ and larger diameter bulbs 4-6 very large cloves per bulb Yield:  Taste: great classic garlic flavor slightly spicy incredibly flavorful Disease or Environmental Tolerance: “Disease resistant” per Peaceful Valley Farm  susceptible to Stem & […]

Details Continental Garlic is more of a general grouping of varieties, than a distinct variety, itself. Music is a garlic variety that is part of this group. Type: hardneck garlic Shape: Bulb: highly symmetrical; globe shaped; Color: Bulb skins: porcelain or purple-streaked; fine to slightly coarse textured Cloves often streaked heavily with dull but striking purple; […]