Garlic has arrived at our store! Check out the list of varieties below for their flavor and growing profiles, and be sure to call for availability!
HARDNECK VARIETIES
Selling Fast! – Organic- Chesnok Red
This beautiful, purple stripe garlic is a perennial favorite with staff and customers alike. Chesnok Red can grow 8-12 cloves per bulb and many consider its flavor and texture among the best for roasting. Chesnok Red originally hails from Shvelisi in the Republic of Georgia and boasts great flavor, good size, and eye-catching color.
Late Season.
Country Joy Farm – Dexter, OR
Fields Farm – Bend, OR
SOLD OUT – Naturally Grown- Georgian Crystal
An heirloom garlic that has a delicious taste with considerable heat and superior flavor. Produces about 5 to 8 cloves and can be very large at harvest.
Mid Season.
Oso Honey Farm – Philomath, OR
SOLD OUT – Organic- Music
A hardneck garlic originally brought from Italy to Canada in the 1980’s. Music produces large bulbs with 4-6 big, easy to peel cloves. With a classic garlic flavor, sweet when roasted and hot when eaten raw, Music is an all-around favorite of chefs and garlic lovers.
Mid Season.
Country Joy Farm – Dexter, OR
SOLD OUT – Organic- Northern White
What a beautiful garlic with great flavor too! Excellent cold hardy variety known for its delicious flavor, and easy to peel large cloves. A nice all-purpose garlic especially good for cooking or roasting.
Mid Season.
Sol Cycle Farm – Corvallis, OR
JUST ARRIVED! – Organic- Metechi
We are excited to have Metechi back in our garlic offerings this season! This garlic has large bulbs and good size cloves that have a strong flavor and nice heat. With good storage capacity, Metechi is a must have if you are looking to try a new variety in your garden this season.
Mid Season.
Irish Eyes – Ellensburg, WA
SOLD OUT – Organic- Romanian Red
This is one tasty garlic! Has the heat and long lasting flavor that many of us love in a hardneck garlic. The large cloves are wrapped in a white skin with streaks of purple-red. Beautiful and delicious.
Late Season.
Humming Bee Nursery – Corvallis, OR
Staff Favorite! Organic- Rosewood
Rosewood is a hardneck, heirloom garlic that has a warm, spicy flavor when cooked, but is hot like wasabi when raw. When roasted it has a nice, delicious, buttery flavor. As one of the hottest types of garlic, it also has a robust flavor with a strong finish.
Late Season.
Country Joy Farm – Dexter, OR
SOLD OUT – Naturally Grown- Shandong
Consistent producer with an early harvest. Great garlic flavor with fiery lingering heat. Excellent turban/hardneck choice.
Early Season.
Oso Honey Farm- Philomath, OR
SOLD OUT – Organic- Spanish Roja
A delicious hardneck garlic we are excited to have back this season- (though with limited quantity) this garlic has gourmet quality and spicy flavor. Spanish Roja was brought to the Pacific Northwest in the early 1900’s and has real, true garlic flavor.
Mid Season.
Country Joy Farm Dexter, OR
SOFTNECK VARIETIES
Organic- California Early
A delicious and reliable softneck. Has great mild flavor with a long storage capacity. A perfect garlic for braiding with large cloves that are easy to peel. Paperskins are white with occasional pink or purple blush.
Early Season.
Irish Eyes – Ellensburg, WA
Organic- Early Italian Purple
This delicious garlic is famously associated with the Gilroy Garlic Festival in California. The bulbs are large, white-skinned with purple stripes and a well-rounded mild flavor, excellent fresh or used in cooking. Early Italian Purple is one of our best-sellers, so keep in mind it sells quickly!
Early Season.
Irish Eyes – Ellensburg, WA
Organic- Inchelium Red
Oh how we love this one! Inchelium Red easily boasts three inch size bulbs that produce 8-20 cloves of mild, but lasting flavor and a hint of hot! Dense cloves store well, and the flavor can get stronger in storage. This vigorous variety won on a Rodale Institute taste test of 20 garlic strains named ‘Very Best of the Softnecks.’
Mid Season.
Irish Eyes – Ellensburg, WA
Selling Fast! – Organic- Kettle River
Originates from the Kettle Falls region of Washington. Nice mild flavor, great for braiding and excellent raw or roasted. The delicious, large creamy cloves have mild heat with a nice mellow finish in flavor.
Late Season.
Fields Farm – Bend, OR
SOLD OUT – Organic- Lorz Italian
This strain was brought from Italy to the Pacific Northwest by the Lorz family in the late 1800’s. Has excellent garlic flavor with mild to medium heat. This makes it great for any recipe calling for raw garlic- think salad dressing, hummus, bruschetta, fresh salsa, and guacamole. Uniform and high yielding strain. Produces early maturing bulbs that can be palm-sized in proper growing conditions.
Mid Season.
Deschutes Canyon Garlic – Terrebonne, OR
Organic- Nootka Rose
A well colored variety with a potential for high productivity. The cloves are streaked red on mahogany. Makes a very attractive braiding garlic and has robust flavor for a softneck.
Late Season.
Country Joy Farm – Dexter, OR
Organic- Silver Rose
A favorite softneck, this garlic is reliable, easy to grow with mild flavor, perfect for roasting, baking, and more. Can easily keep 6-9 months when stored loose or braided.
Late Season.
Irish Eyes – Ellensburg, WA
Elephant Garlic
Selling Fast! – Organic- Elephant Garlic
Looks like and tastes like a hardneck garlic, but is actually a leek with delicious mild garlic-like flavor. Impressive almost softball size heads, easy to peel. Delicious in soups, stews, dips, and sauces.
Irish Eyes – Ellensburg, WA
