Updated February 7, 2012
2012 Garlic, Leek, and Onion
(Amaryllis Family)
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2012 Garlic
Note: We are no longer sending out garlic plants. We are shipping only bulblets. You may order these on the seed order form. Please remember with bulblets that not every bulblet will grow. We try to send plenty of extras. Packets of topsets will vary from 50 to 200 topsets.
Hardy German: Well wrapped bulbs with 4 to 6 purple skinned cloves per bulb. Plants get rather tall. Pkt. $3.50 (Fall shipment only.)
Marie's Special: This very special garlic comes to us from our neighbor who first provided us with the start several years ago. The garlic is the topsetting kind that produces numerous small bulblets at the tops of the stalks in August which in turn can be planted for more plants the following season. The bulbs on this type are small but very flavorful. I have had great success by planting the bulblets in the Fall and transplanting the young plants in the Spring. Pkt. $3.50 (Fall shipment only.)
Old Homestead: An heirloom topsetting garlic sent to us by Tom Greenwood of Oklahoma. Produces much larger bulbs than does Marie's Special Garlic, but does very well when planted from the topsetting bulblets. Pkt. $3.50 (Fall shipment only.)
Moano Special: A topsetting garlic producing medium sized, very strong flavored bulbs. Pkt. $3.50 (Limit 1 Pkt.) (Fall shipment only.)
Pskem River: Originally from Uzbekistan, 2 to 4 fat cloves per bulb, strong flavor. Pkt. $3.50 (Fall shipment only)
Samarkand: Purplish streaked clove, rather strong flavored. Pkt. $3.50 (Fall shipment only)
Siciliano: Artichoke type, 10 to 12 creamy white cloves in each extra large bulb. Pkt. $3.50 (Fall shipment only)
Stewarts: An heirloom sent to us from Colorado. Used for greens and seasoning. Very productive here. Pkt. $3.50 (Spring or Fall shipement. Please specify.)
2012 Leek
Leeks culture: Culture is same as for onions.
Carentan: 100 days. Also known as Swiss Giant. Dates back to at least 1885. Medium dark green leaves, tender white stems. Pkt. $2.00
Ester Cook: 120 days. Very tall, thin, white leek. Excellent quality. Pkt. $2.50 OG
Giant Musselburg: 120 days. Scottish variety dating to 1834. Thick stalk, self-blanching. Pkt. $2.00
Scotland: 90 days. Shorter stalks. Good variety for over-wintering. (Unavailable for 2012)
2012 Onion (Seed)
Onion culture: Best suited to being planted direct seeded as soon as possible in the Spring. Keep weed-free. Thin and transplant later as needed.
Borettana Cipollini: 100 days. An old Italian heirloom producing flat, yellow skinned onions. Unique shape, good textured flesh. Pkt. $2.00
Red Burgundy: 100 days. A very good substitute for Red Wethersfield. Flattened, purple red skin, sometimes strong but a good keeper. Pkt. $1.75
Red Wethersfield: 130 days. Large deep red slicing onion. (Unavailable for 2012)
Rossa Lunga di Tropea: 110 days. (AKA Red Torpedo) Italian heirloom. Long, red, torpedo shaped onions. Not a long keeping onion, but sweet and tasty. Pkt. $2.00
Walla Walla: 100 days+. Does best if Fall planted where possible and produces a very sweet onion in early Summer. When Spring planted, size is not as big, but quality is still very sweet. Pkt. $2.00
White Portugal: 105 days. Best when used as a green onion. Pkt. $1.50
Yellow Sweet Spanish: 115 days. Large, yellow globe, average keeper onions will store well until January or February. Pkt. $1.25
2012 Onion (Perennial)
Egyptian Winter: A very nice treat in the early Spring when they are frequently the first things edible from the garden. This is a topsetting type, where you harvest the topsets in late August, separate them, and then plant them. The roots grow slowly all winter and you eat the tender shoots as mild green onions first thing in the Spring. The topsets will be shipped in late August. (Unavailable for 2012)