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Recent changes in the understanding of the relationships between different
garlics has led to there being five more varieties than there
were when this website was first set up. This page of Other Garlic
Varieties includes the softneck variety, Artichoke (sub-species
Allium sativum sativum) and weakly bolting harnecks varieties
Asiatic and Turban (sub-species Allium sativum ophioscorodon),
and perhaps some others. Many of the strains of garlic came to
us without classification information and so we have made a best
guess as to the variety when we could.
A weakly bolting hardneck is a garlic that may have a stalk
that is less woody than the standard hardnecks or may not have
a stalk, depending on conditions. A single bed will often have
bulbs with and without stalks. Where we have observed this behaviour
and are not sure of the classification we have just labelled the
garlic strain as a weakly bolting hardneck.
For more discussion of garlic varieties see the introduction
on our garlic varieties page
and the article on the Garlic Family
Tree by Bob Anderson of the Gourmet Garlic Gardens.
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Sold Out
We are completely sold out of seed garlic bulbs for 2009. |
Weakly Bolting Hardnecks |
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Asian Tempest - Sold Out for 2009
Asian Tempest is a strain of the Asiatic variety, from Korea
via Keremeos. Pleasant flavour with some heat. Mid-sized. An early garlic.
Asian Tempest is listed In the Seeds of Diversity Canada catalogue
of heritage varieties. 10 bulb limit
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Chinese Purple - Sold Out for 2009
Chinese Purple is a Turban with a rich, pleasant flavour. Vigorous growth. An
early garlic. 10 bulb limit
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Japanese - Sold Out for 2009
Japanese is an early Asiatic with a pleasant, lingering taste and some subtlety. 5 bulb limit
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Sweet Haven - Sold Out for 2009
Sweet Haven behaves like a weakly bolting hardneck. Pleasant
tasting, medium strength. Does well under diverse conditions.
5 bulb limit
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Thai - Sold Out for 2009
Thai has a delightful, delicate, distinctive flavour. It is a
weakly bolting hardneck, an early garlic with small bulbs. Thai
is listed In the Seeds of Diversity Canada catalogue of heritage
varieties as endangered and hard to find. 10 bulb limit
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Tibetan - Sold Out for 2009
Tibetan is about three weeks later emerging in the spring. It grows vigorously.
We harvest it several weeks after the main harvest.
It is an excellent keeper and has a flavour that entices
one to eat more. Because of the late harvesting we
cannot ship it before mid-September. Tibetan is a
weakly bolting hardneck.
3 bulb
limit
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Wildfire - Sold Out for 2009
Wildfire is a strain of the Turban variety. A hot garlic that
lives up to its name. An early garlic from L and O Farms. 5
bulb limit
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Softneck Garlics |
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Formidable - NEW - Sold Out for 2009
Formidable is a softneck, probably of the Artichoke variety, from Paul
Pospisil.
3 bulb limit
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Inchelium Red - Sold Out for 2009
Inchelium Red is a softneck, probably of the Artichoke variety,
from Washington State. It has a pleasant, mild taste. Inchelium
Red is listed In the Seeds of Diversity Canada catalogue of heritage
varieties.
5 bulb limit
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Piedmont - NEW - Sold Out for 2009
Piedmont is a softneck, probably of the Artichoke variety, from Paul
Pospisil.
3 bulb limit |
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Sicilian Gold - Sold Out for 2009
Sicilian Gold is a medium strength garlic with a pleasant flavour.
It came to us from Salt Spring Seeds. It has consistently produced
large softneck bulbs, probably of the Artichoke variety. 5
bulb limit
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Western Rose - NEW - Sold Out for 2009
Western Rose is a small softneck from Salt Spring Seeds.
3 bulb limit
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Note on Flavours
Please take our comments on flavour with a generous pinch of salt. The apparent strength and flavour of a strain of garlic is an individual perception. Different people under the same circumstances can have diametrically opposed views on the palatability and heat of a strain of garlic. | |
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