Yugoslavian (Rocambole hardneck) Copper veined and purple blotched bulbs. Deep green and vigorous plants. Matures a few days after Roja. Cloves are dark brown and doubles are common. It has a strong garlic aroma, initially hot and spicy garlic, but not overwhelming and then mellowing to a warm pleasant, sweet aftertaste. Averages 9 to 14 cloves per bulb
Persian Star (Standard Purple Stripe) This one has some vivid clove colors. The outer bulb wrapper is sometimes smooth white but the inner wrappers are purple streaked. It has red-tipped cloves with marbled streaks on a whitish or yellow-brown back ground. It has a very pleasant flavor with a mild spicy zing. Originally from a Samarkand, Uzbekistan bazaar in the late 1980's. Averages 7 cloves per bulb.
The Long History of Garlic
I think my arrangement is quite pretty!
Harvest of garlic bulbs! Oct 4th
Gift giving of Garlic
I returned from my home town with garlic given to me from my high school classmate, a cousin and an elderly woman who also shared a recipe for high bush cranberry jelly.
My classmate gave me a box of apples and pears from her garden and she laughing handed me a garlic bulb from her garden!
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