Chesnok Red
This Standard Purple Stripe garlic cames originally from Ron Engeland of Filaree Farm wh0 donated it in 1994 to the USA National Plant Germplasm System (NPGS) accession collection. It is also listed as having been included in the Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research in Gatersleben, Germany. Garlics from this collection are usually labelled with ALL or K followed by a number. Chesnok Red was originally collected at Shvelisi in the Southern Republic of Georgia in 1985. In the USA it is usually marketed as Chesnok Red. We haven’t found a record for when it was first imported into Australia but it has been available intermittently over the last few years. Bulbils of this cultivar have recently been imported from Canada so it may become more widely available.
General Information
| Other Names |
Chesnock Red |
| International Names |
Chesnok Red (NGPS W6 35657; ALL 841) , Shvelisi (K 6811) |
| Flavour |
Hot at first, but sweet flavour. Good for roasting; roasted cloves have been used to flavour ice-cream. Flavour improves with storage. |
| Storage |
Medium to long storage. |
| Growing location |
Tasmania and more mountainous regions of Victoria and NSW. |
| Growing requirements |
Grows best in cooler climates. Tall and vigorous so needs plenty of room. |
| Planting and harvest |
Mid-season planting, mid to late harves. |
Bulb
| Shape |
Large, globe shaped.
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| Skin colour and texture |
Easy-to-peel white bulb with faint pink streaking.
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Clove
| Number and layout |
8-12 in one (occasionally 2) layers.
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| Size and shape |
Large tall cloves with pointed tips.
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| Skin colour and texture |
White to tan skin with cranberry streaks. Thick and easy to peel especially after a few months storage.
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Plant
| Size and shape |
Vigorous growing large plant
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| Scape |
Strongly bolting with a long, strong scape that does a 270° turn.
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| Bulbils and flowers |
Umbels contain numerous tiny to small bulbils (100-200) as well as flowers that have been shown to be capable of producing seed.
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