Mid-season, Rocambole type. If a flavor-forward garlic is your jam, then this heirloom will suit you very well. Spicy, medium-hot and enduring when raw, the taste is all strong garlic with a subtly sweet aftertaste when cooked. Very cold-hardy and productive, the plants deliver big, colorful, reddish-purple blushed and striped heads with easy-to-peel cloves.
Russian Red garlic has big bulbs that have a slightly purple skin that wraps the bulbs and cloves. This variety is a great garlic to grow for soil conditions that are slightly damp. Russian Red is one of the most flavorful heirloom garlics we offer. Approximately 6-9 cloves/ bulb. Approximately 45-60 garlic cloves/ pound.