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Top 25 varieties and varieties of garlic
Garlic is an essential hot spice in cooking. It has a pungent taste and rich aroma and health benefits. Growing garlic is a simple process, therefore, it is on every site. You can find a description of the most popular varieties and varieties in this review.
Varietal variety of garlic
However, not everyone knows that there are more than 70 varieties of garlic! This means that you can choose according to your taste, focusing on the conditions of a particular site with its soil, climate features, location. Moreover growing experience suggests that you should not limit your choice to one or two varieties. It is worth trying a few, and only after leaving the ones you like.
Most popular varieties
Since the varietal variety is great, this article describes popular, popular varieties.
Spring
To visually recognize spring garlic, you need to pay attention to the following signs:
- spring garlic without central bararound which the denticles are located;
- themselves spiral teeth - the closer to the center, the smaller they are;
- teeth can differ from each other by size and shape;
- spring garlicwithout arrows.
Popular varieties of spring garlic:
Victorio
Mid-season, high-yielding species. No arrows, resistant to pests and fungal diseases... The bulbs are flat-round in shape, the color of the scales is yellow-white.
Yelenovsky
Mid-season, fruitful, round heads. Outside, the color of the scales is whitish, and inside, on the teeth themselves, it is pinkish... Demonstrates resistance to all plant diseases.
Gulliver
Considered mid-late. The harvest is good, it produces arrows. The bulb is round, slightly flat. The color of the scales is light, white. Little susceptible to diseases and pests.
Sochi 56
Mid-season, gives a stable and high-quality harvest. The shape of the head is slightly flat, rounded. The color of the scales can be white or purple, and on the teeth themselves - pink with a purple tint. Resistant to disease.
Ershovsky
Belongs to mid-season, the bulbs are round, slightly flat. It does not give arrows, the harvest is excellent. Resistant to disease.
Winter crops
For winter garlic, the following signs are characteristic, by which it can be visually recognized:
- rod in the center of the headaround which the denticles are located;
- the teeth are arranged in a circle, in one row;
- teeth the same;
- harvest gives higher;
- in winter crops -arrows grow on which tiny onions are then formed.
The best-selling varieties of winter garlic are:
Lyubasha
Withstands severe frosts and dry summers. Considered to be quite tall - stem up to 120 cm. The bulb is round, slightly flat. The color of the scales is light with streaks of violet tones, resistant to diseases. Keeps perfectly. It has a bright spicy taste and is suitable for canning.
Dobrynya
A productive variety, but less frost-resistant than Lyubasha. The heads are large, not too sharp, so it is good to eat it fresh. Ripening period - late. Dobrynya is well stored and is not susceptible to disease.
Sofievsky
It perfectly tolerates severe frosts, but in summer it is picky about heat and light. Not too high - about 70 cm. Large onion - 100 gr with large teeth. The color of the scales is pale purple. Nematode resistant, moderately pungent taste.
Alcor
High-yielding, excellent storage. The color of the bulb is pinkish, and the cloves themselves are closer to gray. Damaged by yellow dwarfism.
Dubkovsky
High yielding, good storage performance. The stem is of medium height, the bulb is not large, rarely weighs more than 50 gr. It is stored excellently, the taste is spicy.
Shooters
Garlic that produces arrows is sharper in taste, more productive than varieties without arrows, it is better stored. Among the shooters, the most noticeable are:
Gribovsky jubilee
Medium-sized winter variety. The color of the scales is reddish-purple. Disease resistance - at a high level, stored well.
Gribovsky 60
Harvest early ripening, resistant to freezing and drought. The bulb is medium in size and keeps well. Not damaged by bacteria and viruses.
Scythian
Frost-resistant variety, resistant to diseases of this plant. The color of the scales is gray with streaks of purple, and the teeth themselves are creamy.
Large-toothed Kiseleva
Early ripening, the head is more than average, about 80 g, the taste is pleasant, spicy. It is not susceptible to disease, storage periods are long.
Hermann
The bulb is round, conical, the color of the scales is whitish-lilac, and the cloves are cream. Stored until 8 months, resistant to fungal and bacterial infections.
Non-arrow
Of the non-shooting, the following are popular:
Aleisky
Mid-season, round bulb, flat, stored until spring.
Moskovsky
Mid-season, well kept, not too sharp the color of the scales is light, the teeth are white.
Abrek
Similar to Moscow, but the head is slightly larger.
Odessa 13
It happens spring and winter, the color of the scales is white, sometimes with stripes of purple tones, stored wonderfully.
Gafurian
Medium-sized onion up to 40 grams, round, flat. Resistant to rot, but sometimes it is prone to powdery mildew.
The best large varieties
Of the varieties with a large head, the following are known:
Alekseevsky (giant)
The bulb reaches 250 gr. Wherein resistant to disease and stored for a long time.
Komsomolets
Shooting, winter, mid-season, flat-round onion, the taste is pungent.
Petrovsky
Looks like Komsomolets, resistant to disease.
Degtyarsky
Spring, without arrows, the taste is moderately spicy.
Orlovsky
Spring, does not release arrows, onion over 100 gr.
Conclusion
These are not all varieties of garlic that are worthy of attention. AND do not be afraid to try new selection - there are many good varieties among them!