Chesnok Red Garlic- Certified Organic
Chesnok Red wins our taste-buds for the most delicious tasting garlic. It has a higher sugar content giving it the nickname "sweet baker" where the flavor is enhanced when cooked. It has an earthy, rich, and sweet garlic flavor without being overbearing. The clove sizes are also just the right size for cooking and pickling. Chesnok is a hardneck garlic from the purple stripe family, the origins are from the southern Republic of Georgia. This garlic has taller shaped cloves, typically 8-10 cloves per bulb, and lovely purple streaked wrappers that deepen or lessen in color depending on your soil type. Nice and tight skins make this a good storer, up to 6 months in proper conditions. A lovely addition to your garlic patch or kitchen. Grows very well in cooler climates and is an easy to grow garlic. Does very well for us in Vermont, especially in years where the winters are warmer. Scapes are smaller and thinner in size than porcelain varieties and scape usually a week later than porcelain