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Purple Stripe Garlics
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[ Belarus ] [ Chesnok Red ] [ Persian Star ] - [ Marbled Group of Purple Stripes ] - [ Bogatyr ] [ Gourmet Red ] [ Metechi ] [ Siberian ] - [ Glazed Group of Purple Stripes ] - [ Brown Tempest ] [ Purple Glazer ] |
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Purple Stripe garlics are ophios (hardnecks) and are usually vividly striped with purplish vertical stripes decorating the bulb wrappers, hence their name. In between the purple stripes, their bulb wrappers are usually very white and thick. Some sub-varieties are even heavily splotched with purple. Coloration is affected by growing conditions, particularly weather and sometimes they are strongly colored and at other times more white than purple. They tend to be rather rich in flavor and not overly hot, though some are milder, and store fairly well. They tend to mature about midway through the local harvest season although some mature late. Standard Purple Stripe garlics make the sweetest baking garlics of all. The first time I tried roasted Chesnok Red garlic, I thought someone had put some sugar in it - they are sweet. You can add roasted Purple Stripe garlic to vanilla ice cream and re-freeze it and it will have the taste and texture of butter brickle ice cream. Purple Stripe garlics grow well in most of the USA and the marbled Purple Stripes like Metechi and Siberian have consistently grown very well here in West central Texas and they seem to be more resistant to damage by early hot weather than most other kinds.
In addition to the standard purple stripes,
there are two groups of sub-varieties, the glazed
group and the marbled group. Both seem to have thicker bulb wrappers but the glazed group has almost glassy-looking bulb wrappers at times, thus their name.
The Marbled group could be easily mistaken for Porcelains were it not for their bold colors and elongated clove tips.
fewer cloves per bulb than the standard group and most have a much hotter raw taste. Both subgroups are harder to find than the standard group.
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The Standard Group of Purple Stripe Garlics
 Know where your food comes from. - Buy Direct from our Growers below and Save. Harvests mid summer - stores about 6 months. Persian Star is a perhaps the most beautiful of the
standard group of Purple Stripes with its thick white bulb wrappers
that are streaked with purple as you peel away the outer wrappers.
When the wrappers are all peeled away the clove covers with their distinctive long
sharp points resemble an eight point star, hence their name.They apparently
originated in Uzbekistan, one of those central Asian Islamic republics
that were once part of the USSR. They are a full flavored garlic with
only a small bite to them and are more mellow than hot as are most
other standard Purple Stripes. They're pretty enough to be used as
a centerpiece, especially if you strip one or two of their wrappers
to expose their star-like clove structure.
If you are a true garlic gourmet you owe it to yourself
to get a few of these and be sure to save some for planting in the
early fall. They probably do better in colder winter climates with cooler
springs than we have but they have done fine here. They mature in mid season.
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 Buy Direct from our Growers below and Save. - Order Now for late summer/early fall shipment. - Chesnok Red is yet another one of the garlics from the Republic of Georgia in the former USSR. Chesnok is a standard Purple Stripe and has the typical heavy purple striping that gives this variety its name. They have about as much purple as Rocamboles but the background color of the bulb wrappers is much more whitish, making for a very attractive appearance. Chesnok Red can become a rather large garlic with excellent growing conditions. The outer bulb wrappers are a little thin & loose, but the more you peel away, the thicker and tighter they get (makes the bulb wrappers easy to peel). Once the cloves are revealed, they are seen to be large and with long thin points and are all milky white with cranberry-colored streaks up the outsides of the cloves whike the edges between the cloves are nearly solid cranberry and the elongated tips rather tannish. Large bulbs will have about a dozen cloves and even the inner ones are of good size. They can run an inch or two up the central scape (false stem) and are not only attractive but make the cloves easy to peel. They have fewer but larger cloves (average of 8 to 10) arranged in a rather circular pattern. Although large bulbs will have about a dozen cloves and even the inner ones are of good size. Chesnok Red is a full flavored
garlic with a mellow aftertaste that sticks around nicely for a while.
Best baking garlic and a great all-around garlic.
Some years it can be hotter or milder than usual, but it is always fully garlicky.
Chesnok Red is the sweetest roasting garlic of them all; It doesn't just taste not garlicky, it actually tastes sweet.
Garlic ice cream made with roasted Chesnok Red has the taste and crunchiness of butter brickle ice cream - try it, it's fabulous.
Click here for recipe:
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 Buy Direct from our Growers below and Save. Harvests early-mid summer - stores through winter. - Sorry, sold out. - Belarus is another beautiful Purple Stripe garlic with a rich garlicky flavor and is delightfully mellow but with a little bite when raw. The outer bulb wrappers are white and thick and becoming vertically striped with increasingly more purple stripes the closer to the cloves one gets. The clove covers themselves are a deep reddish purple. If you like a lot of red, you'll love these Purple Stripe garlics. Belarus can be a very prolific garlic in cold winter areas and grows well in states with moderate temps but probably not for extreme southern areas.
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The Marbled Group of Purple Stripes
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Metechi - Great Bulbs of Fire. - Harvests mid summer - stores through winter. After ordering, use your back arrow key to return to this point, otherwise the secure shopping cart will return you to our home page.Great bulbs of fire! Metechi is one of the most fabulous garlics in the world, in my view. These are huge garlics with a flavor that is even bigger. They are close to the size of the largest Artichokes and beautiful enough to put on a pedestal in an art museum. They have five to seven monstrously large cloves that will blow your socks off. I think they're even hotter than Skuri #2 but seem to have a more pleasant lingering aftertaste. These great fireballs store much better, firmer and longer than the standard group and grow much better for us as well. Metechi's bulb wrappers are thick, luxuriant and parchment-like and the outer ones are very, very white. As you peel away the outer wrappers more and more purple striping shows up and they become almost solid purple by the time you get down to the cloves. The clove covers are dark brown with purple streaks and long sharp pointed tips.
When I taste tested this magnificent beast, my face turned very red, tears welled up and I broke out into an instant profuse sweat and I thought fire was coming out of my nose and ears. I had to breathe in through my mouth and out through my nose in an effort to cool the heat, which subsided after a minute or so. It took almost an hour for the hair on the back of my neck to dry. I don't know if I had an extra large bite due to the size of the clove or what, but I gained a wholesome respect for this garlic. The aftertaste was warm pleasing and garlicky, but not unpleasant. Its flavor seems to hold up well in cooking. Metechi has been the best growing garlic in our garden every year we have grown it. A few years ago Mother Nature toying with the weather all but wiped out many of our cultivars, Metechi and Bogatyr prospered as usual while within fifty feet of it, two other Marbled Purple Stripes, Brown Rose and Brown Tempest, barely survived. Its foliage is a deep dark green with a definite purplish haze and large, thick and healthy looking. If you love big, beautiful, bold and powerful garlic that grows like a weed and stores like a rock, this is the one for you. It matures very late and is one of the last garlics we harvest.
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- Order now for shipment in August 2010. - After ordering, use your back arrow key to return to this point.The first time we grew Siberian a couple of years ago, One of our gardens was attacked by a plague of grasshoppers just as they were starting to forms bulbs and they ate the entire garden to the ground, and then went into the ground after the bulbs. The only thing left standing was the Siberian garlic. The Siberians were barely touched - I have no idea why. We lost 24,000 plants of 30 different kinds of garlic in less than a week. A lot of hard work for nothing. I must have offended Mother Nature the week before as I gloated over what a beautiful crop I was going to harvest. Will the Siberians survive the next onslaught of locusts? - I doubt it. The new crop looks pretty good right now - is that some sort of danger sign? I hope I am not speaking too soon again.
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Gourmet Red is a fairly long storing garlic with a rich garlicky flavor and warm to hot pungency that grows well in most places.
Gourmet Red is a beautiful very rich flavored and fairly pungent garlic that is similar to Bogatyr or Brown Tempest and
is an excellent all around garlic that stores well.
It has lots of purple in its bulb wrappers and tight brown clove covers with heavy purple striping and can grow quite large.
Harvests in early-mid July - stores all winter long and maybe into spring. Grows well in most of the USA even the warm winter areas of the country. -- Order now for shipment in fall 2011.
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Great bulbs of fire! Like their cousin, Metechi, Bogatyr is one of the most fabulous garlics in the world, in my view. These are huge garlics with a flavor that is even bigger. They are close to the size of the largest Artichokes and beautiful enough to put on a pedestal in an art museum. Because Metechi and Bogatyr are indistinguishable from each other except by dna analysis, I am going to use Metechi's description for Bogatyr. They have five to seven monstrously large cloves that will blow your socks off. I think they're even hotter than Skuri #2 but seem to have a more pleasant lingering aftertaste. These great fireballs store much better, firmer and longer than the standard group and grow much better for us as well. Their bulb wrappers are thick, luxuriant and parchment-like and the outer ones are very, very white. As you peel away the outer wrappers more and more purple striping shows up and they become almost solid purple by the time you get down to the cloves. The clove covers are dark brown with purple streaks and long sharp pointed tips. When I taste tested this magnificent beast, my face turned very red, tears welled up and I broke out into an instant profuse sweat and I thought fire was coming out of my nose and ears. I had to breathe in through my mouth and out through my nose in an effort to cool the heat, which subsided after a minute or so. It took almost an hour for the hair on the back of my neck to dry. I don't know if I had an extra large bite due to the size of the clove or what, but I gained a wholesome respect for this garlic. The aftertaste was warm pleasing and garlicky, but not unpleasant. Its flavor seems to hold up well in cooking.
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The Glazed Group of Purple Stripes
Glazed Purple Stripe Garlics will likely be of limited availability in 2011.
As we get them, such as Purple Glazer, Vekak or Red Rezan, etc., here is where we will list and describe them.
Glazed Purple Striped garlics are tall, willowy garlics that grow almost anywhere, except for the warmest of warm winter areas, and even there some years.
They are vividly colored and have great eye appeal because of their deep vibrant colors and with their rich warm flavor, they taste as good as they look.
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- Order now for shipment in fall 2011. - Great bulbs of fire! Like their Marbled cousins, Metechi and Bogatyr, Brown Tempest is one of the most fabulous garlics in the world, in my view. These Glazed Purple Stripes are huge garlics with a flavor that is even bigger. They can get really big and beautiful enough to put on a pedestal in an art museum. Brown Tempest has a lot more brown in the bulb wrappers than most Purple Stripes. They have five to seven monstrously large cloves that will blow your socks off yet seem to have a pleasant lingering aftertaste. These great fireballs store much better, firmer and longer than the standard group of Purple Stripe garlics. Their bulb wrappers are thick, luxuriant and parchment-like and the outer ones are white and brown. As you peel away the outer wrappers more and more purple striping shows up and they become almost solid purple by the time you get down to the cloves. The clove covers are dark brown with purple streaks and long sharp pointed tips.
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Know where your food comes from - Buy Direct from our Growers below and Save. - Large, Tall plant with rich Medium Flavor - Stores Well. Harvests early-mid summer - stores through winter. - Order Now for late summer/early fall shipment. - Purple Glazer is one of the few Glazed Purple Stripes available and they're fabulous garlics that grow well in most climates although iffy in the warmest winter areas. Their bulb wrappers show a different texture than either the main group of Purple Stripes or the distinctive Marbled group. Purple Glazers are tall plants with dark green very elongated leaves with a definite blue cast to them in the sunlight. Their leaves longer and thinner than and not as wide as the Marbled group while the main group are clearly smaller. Glazed Purple Stripes are the tall willowy maidens of the garden and are usually the tallest garlics. With good growing conditions the bulbs can get very large, 2 1/2 to 3 inches in diameter. The inner bulb wrappers of Purple Glazers can be almost solid purple with purple clove colors and they are very beautiful bulbs of very rich color and they are a lovely addition to the table centerpiece until you're ready to eat them. If you want to flash some stark, raving color to get someone's attention, these garlics will do the job. Purple Glazer's bulb wrappers are sleek and parchment-like and the outer ones are very, very white. As you peel away the outer wrappers more and more purple striping shows up and they become almost solid purple by the time you get down to the cloves. The clove covers are dark brown with purple streaks and long sharp pointed tips. The cloves are more elongated than the Marbled ones or the main group but all have the characteristic extremely elongated clove cover tips, some several inches long, unique to the Purple Stripes. Purple Glazer has that same sweet warm richness of flavor common to Purple Stripe garlics; excellent for raw eating and fabulous for roasting because of the exceptional sweetness of Purple Stripe garlics. They're more like Red Toch or Burgundy in flavor and have a very pleasant lingering aftertaste. These bulbs store every bit as long and firm as the standard Purple Stripes, around 7-8 months at room temp after harvest.
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This Farmers market is like your local farmers market.
If you buy from a grower and later cancel that order for any reason, the credit card processing gateway still charges Gourmet Garlic Gardens the full processing
fee plus an additional fee of the same amount for processing the cancellation and also it places an additional clerical burden on us
so, regretably, we must charge a 15% cancellation fee when processing the cancellation because that's about what it costs us.
My advice is to look around among the various growers and decide what to buy from whom and then place your orders and stick with the growers you have chosen.
Each grower/vendor is responsible for their own garlic and prompt shipping to the buyer. Gourmet Garlic Gardens is not responsible for any garlic sent directly from any grower/vendor to any buyer and serves only as a virtual meeting place and credit/debit card processor for the convenience of both grower and buyer. Gourmet Garlic Gardens' total liability from all causes is limited to refunding the monies the buyer has charged against their card using Gourmet Garlic Gardens as a payment processor for any specific transaction with any particular grower/vendor. Prices and availability of garlic subject to change without notice. |
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How Our Garlics are Grown
All the garlic for sale in our online farmers market was grown without the use of petrochemical pesticides,
herbicides, or fertilizers; only natural and non-toxic fertilizers and pest control methods are used.
Some of our growers are Certified Organic and some are Certified Naturally Grown, which we regard as equal to
Certified Organic in every meaningful way but without all the bureaucratic entanglements.
All our farmers market growers grow organically and some are Certified Organic but not all want to be certified
Organic because of the paperwork and reporting requirements and are among the best available sources of sustainable/
organic Garlic and they become Certified Naturally Grown, where the regulation comes from their fellow members rather
than a federal bureacracy.
We do not allow growers who use synthetic petroleum-based fertilizers, pesticides, fungicides or herbicides to
participate in our farmers market.
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[ Rocambole Garlics ]
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