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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.

Ordering Garlic

The garlics on this page will be in the Collectors Catalogue (CC) which will come out in Mid-August 2010 after the harvest has been assessed.

Rocambole Garlic - Organic Seed

Baba Franchuk's

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. CC

Rocambole - Organic Seed

German Red

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. CC

Rocambole Garlic - Organic Seed

Killarney Red

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.
CC


Rocambole Garlic - Organic Seed

Korean Purple

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.
CC


Rocambole Garlic - Organic Seed

Puslinch

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. CC

Rocambole Garlic - Organic Seed

Spanish Roja

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.CC

Rocambole Garlic - Organic Seed

Spicy Korean Red

A  new rocambole from Randy White in Mission. CC

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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Garlic Bulbils

Rocambole Garlic - Organic Seed in BC