Sakura - Seed Bulbs

C$1.90

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Product Details

Other names:: Japanese

Horticultural group:: Asiatic (hardneck)

Average number of cloves per large-sized bulb:: 5-6

Bulbils per umbel:: Few but large

Maturation:: Early-season

Storage:: At least 6 months

Flavor:: Eruptive yet somehow also mildl

Pedigree:: Came to us from Boundary Garlic in 2013. Boundary got theirs from Al Pickets of Eureka Farm in Ontario.

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Personality Profile: The Japanese people are a polite and reserved lot. Their culture forbids them to make a scene in public, to shout to one another across open spaces and to behave garishly. So what is one to do when forces of nature collide inside a bulb and mix it up inside a mouth? We cannot scream or wildly gesticulate. Subtlety is called for, poetry and finesse. When a refined gentleman on the Osumi Peninsula first experienced this incredible cultivar he frantically sought a means to communicate to his compatriots what was happening within. He looked out to sea and saw his answer. "Like the ever erupting Sakurajima," he intoned. "This garlic is like beautiful, flowing heat." His friends replied, "Aaahh!" And quickly discovered for themselves.

Sakura - Seed Bulbs

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Sakura - Seed Bulbs