Heirloom Gardening, Food and Other Thoughts
This garlic is Glazed Purple Stripe type.
This one’s not doing very well yet in my garden as you can see in the picture. The bulb opened up a bit in the ground, and the skin mostly came off. The dirt you see on it was because it was difficult to clean without much skin on it. This is a very classic and well known garlic among garlic growers, and is easy to come by in many areas. It’s worth considering growing.
This garlic is Silverskin type.
This garlic has pretty pink tips on the tops of the cloves, but otherwise is white. It has a very solid and dense feel to it, and the skin tightly covers the bulb. This was my first year growing it, and it looks promising but it’s hard to know for sure how it will seem in the long run. I haven’t tasted it yet.
This garlic is Asiatic type.
This is a very nice garlic to compare with Korean Red, another Asiatic garlic with very different properties. This variety has smaller cloves with a more solid color. I haven’t tasted this yet, but I can say together with Korean Red it looks spicy. This does okay in my garden, but I am certainly growing more productive varieties.
This garlic is a Porcelain type.
This has a nice clove color, a bit of a wood tone. It has a slightly sweet flavor that is very nice, but also similar to other porcelain garlics. This is the second year growing this and I am pretty happy with it so far.
This garlic is a Marbled Purple Stripe type.
This is a very popular variety, and does well in my garden. It has a really pretty clove. The bulb skins ranges from white to white with purple splotches. I haven’t tasted it yet.
