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Porcelain Garlic, Georgian Crystal – 4 oz

Porcelain Garlics are hardnecks.  Most varieties have pure white skins and cloves so large that they are often mistaken for elephant garlic.  The individual cloves are usually crystal white, hence the name Porcelain. One pound of bulbs averages 40 plants. Porcelain Garlics produce the tallest plants of all garlic cultivars. Some Porcelain plants can reach a height of 7 feet.

Georgian Crystal was collected in 1985 at Cichisdzhvari.  This is in the central mountain region of the republic of Georgia.  The plant is quite vigorous.  It produces large bulbs with large cloves.  The flavor is less biting than most Porcelains.

Type Spacing Planting Depth HZ Maturation
Porcelain 6-8 in. 3-4 in. 1-6 240-270 Days
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Porcelain Garlic, Kyjev – 4 oz

Porcelain Garlics are hardnecks.  Most varieties have pure white skins and cloves so large that they are often mistaken for elephant garlic.  The individual cloves are usually crystal white, hence the name Porcelain. One pound of bulbs averages 40 plants. Porcelain Garlics produce the tallest plants of all garlic cultivars. Some Porcelain plants can reach a height of 7 feet.

Kyjev is from Czechoslavakia. It was brought to the United States and commercialized by Boris Andrst, a much respected garlic grower from New York. The bulbs and cloves are generously sized. The flavor is good.

Type Spacing Planting Depth HZ Maturation
Porcelain 6-8 in. 3-4 in. 1-6 240-270 Days
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Porcelain Garlic, Polish Hardneck – 4 oz

Porcelain Garlics are hardnecks.  Most varieties have pure white skins and cloves so large that they are often mistaken for elephant garlic.  The individual cloves are usually crystal white, hence the name Porcelain. One pound of bulbs averages 40 plants. Porcelain Garlics produce the tallest plants of all garlic cultivars. Some Porcelain plants can reach a height of 7 feet.

Polish Hardneck was collected by Rick Bangert of Idaho and originally grown by Ontario garlic grower John Yovanov. This garlic is a vigorous, reliable and very popular heirloom which produces very tall, impressive plants and beautiful, large bulbs.  In general, Polish Hardneck is known for its rich flavor which carries less heat and a less sulfurous bite than other Porcelains. It is also a good storer.

Type Spacing Planting Depth HZ Maturation
Percelain 6-8 in. 3-4 in. 1-6 240-270 Days
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Rocambole Garlic, German Red – 4 oz

The Rocamboles, hardnecks, are the most widely grown of the heirloom garlics.  They possess outstanding flavor, but are not good storers.  There are usually 6-11 cloves per bulb.  One pound of bulbs averages 60 plants.

The German Red stock comes from German farmers in Idaho.  The large bulbs are deep reddish-brown, cloves are light brown tipped with purple.  This garlic has a strong, spicy flavor.

Type Spacing Planting Depth HZ Maturation
Rocambole 6-8 in. 3-4 in. 1-6 240-270 Days

 

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Turban Garlic, Xian – 4 oz

The Turbans are an Artichoke subvariety which is slow to bolt and matures early.  They should be harvested with the Asiatics.  The large bulbs are striped, and the cloves are pink to brown in color.  One pound of bulbs averages 60 plants.

Xian is a Chinese garlic purchased at the Northwestern Polytechnic University in Xi’an, China some time during the late 1980s or early 1990s. Xian is an ancient Chinese city.   It is a delicious favorite of garlic expert, Chester Aaron, and a garlic of some mystery.  Purportedly Aaron purchased this garlic in San Francisco’s Chinatown for $30 a bulb in 2001.  However, a Xian garlic was offered by the Seed Savers’ Exchange in 1999 and Greg Czarnecki, a seed saver member, claims to have purchased this garlic in 1992 in Chinatown.

It was made available to the public by the Seed Savers Exchange in 1999. When eaten raw, the flavor is very hot, but some of this heat is lost with cooking. Like most Turbans, it does not store well.

Type Spacing Planting Depth HZ Maturation
Turbans 6-8 in. 3-4 in. 4-9 180-240 Days
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Glazed Purple Striped Garlic, Red Rezan – 4 oz

Of all the types of garlic available today, the Purple Stripes are genetically closest to the original species, and they are the ancestors of all of the garlic cultivars grown today.  Purple Stripes and Glazed Purple Stripes need a vigorous winter to produce well. They will not thrive in the warmer climates.  Marbled Purple Stripes do well in areas with mild winters and early warm springs.

Red Rezan was collected in 1986 in a region south of Moscow near Rezan, Russia by Klaus Pistrick, a much respected garlic collector. The bulb color is dark, glazed purple with a hint of gold. The flavor is strong, but not hot.

Type Spacing Planting Depth HZ Maturation
Glazed Purple Stripe 6-8 in. 3-4 in. 1-6 240-270 Days

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