'Music' Hardneck Seed Garlic

Tough year for garlic in the upper Midwest. A couple of our garlic sources had crop failures. For this reason, 'Music' will likely be the ONLY garlic variety we have available this year (2025). Allium sativum Origin: Italy (via Canada) Improvement status: Cultivar Life cycle: Perennial (grown as a biennial) Weight and price options: 1/2 pound: $15 1 pound: $28 5 pounds: $130 ($26 per pound) Music is one of the best-loved hardneck garlics available today. It came to the US via Canada, but originates in Italy — where garlic is of course a critical ingredient in so many dishes. Each bulb features just a few (4-8) enormous cloves, making it easy to use in the kitchen. Considered a porcelain-type, it is notable for producing tall, sturdy, delicious scapes (flower spikes) which emerge and grow into a tangle of coils before straightening out to flower. The long scapes of Music make it an excellent dual-use garlic for gardeners and market farmers (we like to pickle the scapes). Music is spicy