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May 15, 2024 · Leah 99. Leah 99 is a hardneck Purple Stripe garlic variety with an excellent all-around garlic taste. This garlic variety is very beautiful with a rich flavor and a pungent garlicky aroma. In addition, the Leah 99 garlic yields sizable garlic bulbs that carry 10-12 cloves each and store well. History and Origin-.
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Aug 16, 2014 · (1) Softneck garlic. Note how many more cloves it has and that it lacks the central stalk. (2) Hardneck garlic. Images via Mother Earth News. If you're at a farmer's market and spot bulbs of garlic that have a rosy/violet cast to the flesh of the cloves and thinner skins, you're probably looking at hardneck garlic.
- Karen Ahn
- Canada's Climate
- Best Varieties For Canada
- Porcelain
- Rocambole
- Purple Stripe
- Artichoke
In Canada, although the climate and weather vary greatly across much of the country, we do have some things in common. The most important similarity is that most areas have a warm summer with changing day lengths and a winter that is usually very cold. Fortunately for Canadians, there are several families of garlic that thrive in these Northern con...
Since we started growing garlic many years ago, we have planted and tested over 50 different varieties. As time went by, we slowly eliminated the ones that we felt did not perform the best. Every garlic variety had to follow simple criteria in order for us to continue planting it. They had to have vigorous plants, large bulbs with nice appearance, ...
Porcelain (Music) garlic bulbs Porcelain is popular due to its hardiness and ability to produce large-sized bulbs with a wonderful sweet flavour. Plants have vigorous growth that explodes out of the ground in spring. Large plants with thick wide-spreading leaves. Bulbs produce 4 to 6 very large, plump cloves that are easy to peel. Music - Very adap...
Rocambole (Spanish Roja) garlic bulbs Rocambole garlic is one of the most widely known and grown garlic families in Canada. They are considered to be one of the best tasting varieties and are often the first choice of chefs and garlic lovers. They have a deep, complex flavour. The plants are cold hardy and require exposure to cold temperatures in o...
Purple Stripe (Chesnok Red) Garlic Bulbs Purple stripes are cold hardy and require exposure to cold temperatures in order to thrive and develop large bulbs. This makes them well suited for growing in Canada. The tall crescent-shaped cloves have tight skins that help bulbs store longer. Bulbs generally produce 8 to 10 medium sized cloves and can sto...
Artichoke Garlic Bulbs Artichoke garlic is named for the way the cloves are arranged inside the bulb, which looks much like the layered structure of an artichoke. They have 10 to 14 cloves of various sizes. The plants do not produce scapes, which makes them less work than hardneck varieties. They can also be easily braided and are one of the longes...
Scapes, the curly green shoots that emerge from garlic bulbs, have a milder flavor. Crunchy when raw, garlic scapes become tender when saut�ed or grilled. In softneck garlic, scapes are less common than with hardneck varieties but equally flavorful. Trim the scapes so your garlic focuses energy on growing large bulbs.
- Laura Root
Broccoli has more Vitamin K, Vitamin C, and Folate, however, Garlic is higher in Vitamin B6, Manganese, Copper, Selenium, Calcium, Phosphorus, and Iron. Broccoli covers your daily Vitamin K needs 83% more than Garlic. Garlic contains 21 times less Folate than Broccoli. Broccoli contains 63µg of Folate, while Garlic contains 3µg.
Seed garlic is larger and used for planting new garlic plants, while culinary garlic is smaller and used for immediate consumption in cooking. Both types offer the same flavor and taste, but culinary garlic bulbs tend to have a longer shelf life. Ultimately, the choice between seed and culinary garlic depends on whether you want to grow your ...
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Always buy from a garlic seed seller who understands garlic seed standards and have quality graded seed that meets the scape, bulb, basal plate and root health and size standards. Many culinary growers sell their “leftovers” as garlic seed which might be small, have presentation or health issues and are cheap! Check with Resellers of garlic ...
