Intended for the home gardener, we offer limited quantities of the following garlic cultivars.
Purple Stripe Hardneck Garlic
Beautiful garlic rich in flavor and complexity – another culinary favorite! Taste is strong and complex, they are the best for roasting. Genetically closest to the origin of the species, the ancestors of all other garlic cultivars. Easy to grow, medium sized bulbs with 8 to 12 cloves per bulb. Mid range keepers 3 to 5 months from harvest.
Bogatyr – a good roaster from the Moscow area, beautiful large bulbs, long lasting bite
Chesnok Red (Shvelisi) - popular garlic, excellent raw or cooked
Porcelain Hard Neck Garlic
The most beautiful garlic with parchment-like, satiny white wrappers. Porcelains are the densest of all garlic and have the highest yields of allicin, the sulfur compound associated with therapeutic benefits. Intense, hot garlic flavor. They store longer than most garlics – 4 to 6 months from harvest
Georgian Fire – medium strong, pleasant heat, popular for salsas, 10 to 12 cloves per bulb
Susan Delafield – strong flavour, a spin off of “Music” garlic, large bulbs 4 to 5 cloves per bulb, grows well in wet conditions
Leningrad - large pungent cloves, another beautiful porcelain
Asiatic Garlic
The earliest of all the garlic to harvest – weeks before the rest are ready! Very productive and reliable garlic. Medium sized bulbs with 6 to 8 cloves. Spicy rich taste. Stores well 4 to 6 months from harvest.
Asian Tempest – hot as a firecracker! Originally from South Korea, very productive and reliable, beautiful deep purple striped bulbs with exceptional flavor.
Tibetan - another hot one! Beautiful and delicious.
Rocambole Hard Neck Garlic
Well known for their true rich garlic flavor. Culinary favorite with many because of their sweet full bodied taste. Very large bulbs, 8 to 10 cloves per bulb. Looser wrappers make them the shortest storing garlic – 3 to 4 months from harvest.
Russian Red - Brought to B.C. by Doukhobor immigrants from Russia in late 1800’s, early 1900’s. Large bulbs, brownish purple wrappers. Amazing flavor and very popular!