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Boutique quantities of many garlic varieties are grown at Frogshack Farm. Each season successful bulbs are offered to home enthusiasts to grow their own specialty garlic collection. Availability varies from season to season - some may not be available every year.

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CULTURAL NOTES of garlic varieties grown at Frogshack Farm
  
​TURBAN group
Plant April/May, early maturing, harvest mid Nov. Storage to Apr/May. Spicy raw. Roasted whole cloves mild and sweet. Great cooked whole.
  • 'Monaro Purple'   
  • 'White Crookneck'  
  • 'Italian Porcelain' (a brighter White Crookneck)    
  • 'Pink' - (syn 'Port Campbell Pink' or 'Rose du Var Hardneck') 
  • 'Tassie Purple' - a collection of purple Turban varieties collected from the 'who's who' of Tasmanian growers.
 
ARTICHOKE group
Mid season, plant May, medium storage approx Aug. Harvest mid-late Dec. Generally medium to hot flavour both raw and cooked. Artichokes require careful drying after harvest to avoid mildewed skins.
  • 'Italian Late' 
  • 'Italian White'
  • 'French Messidrome'
  • 'Besamcombe'
  • 'Bulgaria 49'
  • 'Dolovsky' 
  • 'Pinners Pink'
  • 'Fino de Chincko Ajofrin'
  • 'Continental Stripey' 

CREOLE group 
Mid season, plant May/Jun, harvest around Christmas. Very long storage up to 12 months, deceptively plain wrap, exquisitely red cloves and superb flavour.
(Please be aware there is much name duplication in the garlic world - Creole garlic evolved in Spain and France and many are very similar if not the same, but the origin names remain fascinating!) Spanish translation: 'Rojo'= 'red' - male. 'Roja' = 'red' - female.
  • 'Rojo de Castro' 
  • 'Rojo del Pais Baza' 
  • 'Spanish Roja'   
  • 'Ail de Pays du Gers'  (French translation 'garlic from the countryside of Gers)
              
MIDDLE EASTERN group
Mid season, plant May/Jun, harvest mid Dec, 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'. 
Plant May, harvest New Year. Store to May.
  • 'Deerfield Purple' - rare in Australia

PORCELAIN 
Late harvest, New Year.
  • 'Music' - VERY rare in Australia

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

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

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

SILVERSKIN 
Late season, plant June, harvest early Jan. Smaller bulbs but longer storage, more fiery flavour             
  • 'Lokalen' 
  • 'Belarus' 
  • 'Peshawar White' 

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