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Rocambole Garlic Variety

Rocambole Garlic - Spanish Roja
Rocambole garlic - Spanish Roja

Rocambole garlics are well known for their wonderful, robust, well-rounded, true-garlic flavour. They have loose skins which make them easy to peel. Bulbs can be large and characteristically have 8 to 15 cloves. Given the right conditions, particularly the right amount of water, the varieties we are offering produce superb bulbs. All have reddish brown skins covering the individual cloves. The bulb wrappers often have red, pink or purple stripes when they are first harvested. If the scapes are left on to mature Rocamboles typically produce 15 to 30 good sized bulbils.

Garlic Varieties

 
Garlic Family Tree
For more information on the relationships between the garlic varieties see Bob Anderson’s The Garlic Family Tree and Where Garlic Came From from the Gourmet Garlic Gardens website.
Rocambole Garlic - Organic Seed

Baba Franchuk's - Sold Out for 2009

Baba Franchuk’s has an excellent Rocambole flavour with lots of punch, very similar to German Red. Baba Franchuk’s is listed In the Seeds of Diversity Canada catalogue of heritage varieties as endangered and hard to find. 5 bulb limit

Rocambole - Organic Seed

Dan's Italian - Sold Out for 2009

Dan's Italian is from Dan Jason at Salt Spring Seeds. It has the good, strong flavour you look for in a Rocambole. 3 bulb limit

Rocambole - Organic Seed

German Red - Sold Out for 2009

We got this strain of German Red from Kootenay Region of BC. It has an exquisite garlicky, typical hearty, Rocambole flavour. German Red is listed in the Seeds of Diversity Canada catalogue of heritage varieties. 10 bulb limit

Rocambole Garlic - Organic Seed

Killarney Red - Sold Out for 2009

Killarney Red compares favourably with German Red and Spanish Roja. Killarney Red is listed In the Seeds of Diversity Canada catalogue of heritage varieties as endangered and hard to find.
3 bulb limit


Rocambole Garlic - Organic Seed

Korean Purple - Sold Out for 2009

Korean Purple has a typically hearty and delicious Rocambole flavour. Korean Purple is listed In the Seeds of Diversity Canada catalogue of heritage varieties as endangered and hard to find.
10 bulb limit


Rocambole Garlic - Organic Seed

Puslinch - Sold Out for 2009

Puslinch is a variety that is adapting well on our farm and we are delighted with its performance. It has an excellent Rocambole flavour, more lively than Spanish Roja. In the Seeds of Diversity Canada catalogue of heritage varieties Puslinch is listed as endangered and very hard to find. 10 bulb limit

Rocambole Garlic - Organic Seed

Spanish Roja - Sold Out for 2009

Spanish Roja has a mild yet full-bodied, rich garlicky flavour. Spanish Roja is listed in the Seeds of Diversity Canada catalogue of heritage varieties. 10 bulb limit

Rocambole Garlic - Organic Seed

Spicy Korean Red - NEW - Sold Out for 2009

A  new rocambole from Randy White in Mission. 3 bulb limit

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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Rocambole Garlic - Organic Seed in BC