King Island Garlic
King Island Garlic
@ The Frogshack Farm
​1049 Grassy  Road
King Island  7256
Tasmania
Australia
0409 181 806
carmen_james@bigpond.com
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Click on thumbnail images above to view a sample of each variety and availability. 
See prices below.


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  • Minimum order $25 (exc postage).
  
  • My King Island Garlic Collection Box - 2020 SOLD OUT TILL FEB 2021
       A garlic collectors box set of six different varieties of quality planting bulbs. Includes early, mid season and late                   storing varieties, selected for you to grow and store your own fresh garlic through the year.
       Each box comes with my King Island Garlic story on lineage and interesting notes about each bulb type.
​       Perfect gift for gardeners and garlic lovers. Cultivars vary per box.

       $28 per box + postage (two boxes same postage as one). See sample image above.

OR
  • CHOOSE BULBS FROM MY COLLECTION BELOW. 2020 SOLD OUT - AVAILABLE FEB 2021

TURBAN - 
early maturing, storage to Apr/May. Spicy raw. Mild and sweet when cooked. Great cooked whole.
  • 'Monaro Purple'   
  • 'White Crookneck'  
  • 'Italian Porcelain' (White Crookneck)    
  • 'Pink' - similar to Port Campbell Pink or Rose du Var Hardneck 
  • 'Aussie Purple' 
 
ARTICHOKE
Mid season, medium storage, generally medium to hot flavour both raw and cooked.
  • 'Italian Late' 
  • 'Italian White'
  • 'French Messidrome'
  • 'Besamcombe'
  • 'Bulgaria 49'
  • 'Dolovsky' 
  • 'Pinners Pink'
  • 'Fino de Chincko Ajofrin'
  • 'Continental Stripey' 

CREOLE 
mid season, very long storage, deceptively plain wrap, exquisitely red cloves and
 superb flavour
  • 'Rojo Quartz' (derived from Rojo de Castro) 
  • 'Rojo de Castro' 
  • 'Ail de Pays du Gers' 
  • 'Rojo del Pais Baza' 
  • 'Spanish Roja'   
              
MIDDLE EASTERN 
Mid season, medium storage, approx August, flavour medium to strong.                  
  • 'Spanish Purple' 
  • 'Kisswani' 
  • 'Yabroudi' 
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ROCAMBOLE 
the best flavoured short storing garlic, aka 'serpent garlic'
  • 'Deerfield Purple' - rare in Australia

PORCELAIN  
  • 'Music' - VERY rare in Australia

STANDARD PURPLE STRIPE 
Robust, flavoursome, late harvest, great roasted
  • 'Dunganski' 

MARBLED PURPLE STRIPE - small but long storing, dark red cloves
  • 'Americky Maly' - out of stock

GLAZED PURPLE STRIPE
  • 'Navoi' (also known as 'Ugly Crazy Betty') 

SILVERSKIN
late season, long storage, more fiery flavour             
  • 'Lokalen' - out of stock
  • 'Belarus' - out of stock
  • 'Peshawar White' - out of stock
       
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