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Old September 13, 2009   #7
tjg911
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the only 2 i have grown in your list is music and georgian crystal.

music is pretty hot, large bulbs and very large cloves. stores pretty long time a good 7 to 8 months before starting to sprout.

georgian crystal has always produced small bulbs and the taste is ok. i stopped growing it as it was not producing a good size bulb compared to others.

here's another garlic site for looking up varieties - http://sev.lternet.edu/~jnekola/Heirloom/garlicC.htm

btw, if you want long storage softnecks are the best and the artichoke varieties have larger and less cloves per bulb than silverskins. i'm trying an artichoke this year and hope it's a replacement for nootka rose a great keeper but small bulbs/cloves and lots of small interior cloves that is typical for a sliverskin.

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