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; varying degrees of pink blush. Vivid, compared to rocamboles.
• Maturity: late season (after artichoke garlic and rocamboles, about the same time as silverskins
• Size:
  • Bulb: 1.5 to 2.5 inches; 4-6 cloves most commonly, 3-10 possible; Harder to peel than rocambole, but easier than softnecks
• Yield: Slightly less productive than Rocambole
• Taste:
  • Flavor: mild after harvest, but hotter after curing; higher flavor than softnecks
• Disease or Environmental Tolerance:
  • Soil & climate: best in cold winters; good soil needed for good size bulbs

Notes:

• Relatively rare
• Share qualities of rocambole, but longer storage time
• Dormant: 4-5 months
• Storage: 4-8 months

Sources: (where to buy)

Results from My Garden with Continental Garlic:

I have grown Music garlic, and it is probably our favorite. See details on Music Garlic here.