Organic Italy Hill Giant Ivory Hardneck
Description
This massive, magnificent variety has been grown here in the Finger Lakes for over 60 years! Along with Red Rezan, Italy Hill is our favorite for pesto with easy to peel cloves and rich, full garlic flavor and a depth rarely present in Porcelain varieties. Organic Italy Hill Giant Ivory Hardneck stores decently into the winter, as well. Average 4-6 large cloves per bulb and 4-5 bulbs per lb.
“Porcelain” varieties are hardnecks throwing scapes in June just before bulb harvest. Bulbs are typically large and bright white (inspiring the name ‘Porcelain”) although purple or copper streaking often appears depending on growing conditions. Bulbs average 4-6 exceptionally large cloves, each skin ranging from yellowish-tan to brown to reddish-purple in both background and streaking. Cloves are easy to peel.
As a group, Porcelains are among the highest yields of allicin, the sulfur compound most associated with garlic’s therapeutic benefits. As a result, they are often more pungent and unsubtle and lack the flavor complexity and depth found in Purple Stripes. Nonetheless, they work well for any dish that calls for assertive garlic flavor. Also, Porcelains (more than any other hardneck) set larger bulbs when their scapes are removed. Also, garlic is one of the hungriest crops in your garden! We feed our soil as well as our garlic with our Organic Garlic & Shallot Fertilizer as well as our Fish & Kelp Emulsion.
And Friends, we reap what we sow — and also what we sow into — and garlic is hungry! To harvest the largest, healthiest and most delectable heads, sow your cloves into garden soil with abundant compost as well as our Organic Garlic & Shallot fertilizer, nourishing root development in fall and growing large, nutrient dense plants all spring and early summer. Foliar feed your garlic in spring with compost tea or organic fish emulsion for an invaluable boost in nutrients, as well. Learn exactly why our garlic is over 90% seed-quality and long-storing in our free online course, Growing Garlic & Shallots Organically. Enjoy!
Garlic grades coming soon! ~ Garlic will be available to pre-order mid-July and will ship mid to late September! ~
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jerryhomola (verified owner) –
Fantastic garlic and the best I have ever harvested. Looking forward to using cooking my favorite recipes.
tiffanymr (verified owner) –
Absolutely wonderful garlic! This seed garlic produced large, gorgeous, disease free harvests for us. They were massive, healthy plants and gave a delicious additional crop of garlic scapes. The flavor from the freshly pulled bulbs had the tiniest bit of sting to the bite followed immediately by a paradox; richly sapid, smooth, mellow yet lasting in boldness and power of flavor. My partner upon tasting it said, “wow, that’s special.” Our son said, “mmm, that’s really good!”
It was perfect in a tahini dressing. I can’t wait to make pesto with it. Very interested in how the flavor may evolve as it dries down. Definitely a new standard for our grow season.
cshertenliebrn (verified owner) –
My second year growing this variety and they have now become my #1 garlic. They grow huge, taste great and store longer for me than other hard neck varieties I’ve tried.