This article will be useful to those who are a fan of garlic and want to grow this indispensable useful plant in his garden. In it you will find a list of the most common varieties of spring garlic with a photo and a description that will help you decide on the type of plant that is right for you.
"Abrek"
Treats mid-season varieties of spring garlic. It is included in the State Register of the Russian Federation for garden plots. Does not form "arrows". The leaves of this garlic reach 55 cm in length and up to 2 cm in width. Have a green color with a small wax coating.
Basically, it produces a crop in the amount of 15 cloves, formed into a round-flattened bulb, weighing up to 30 g, covered with white dry scales. The flesh has a dense structure, white color and a sharp taste. The indisputable merits of a variety are its high yield - up to 1 kg / m2 and the possibility of long storage of bulbs - up to 7 months.
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"Aleysky"
This mid-season spring garlic belongs to non-shooters. Its growing season averages from 109 to 125 days. Greens sprouted above the ground will have 9-11 leaves up to 1.5 cm wide and 30 cm long. Its color is habitually green with a waxy coating of medium intensity. Bulbs hidden in the ground have a weight of up to 17 g and a round-oval shape.
Possess a dense coating in the form of white scales. The teeth of "Alei" garlic do not exceed a weight of up to 2 g each, their number varies from 15 to 18 pieces, the structure is simple. Have dense crunchy structure and bright sharp taste. The yield of this variety is quite high - from 4 to 8 kg of crop can be collected from one running weave. His keeping quality also has pleasantly high rates - Aleisk garlic beautifully kept until the end of May.
When growing garlic often turn yellow leaves. This can be associated with increased acidity of the soil, lack of nitrogen, potassium, watering, and damage to diseases or pests.
"Victorio"
Like the previous varieties, this garlic belongs to spring, mid-ripening and non-streaked species. The leaves of this plant grow up to 25 cm in height and have a width of not more than 1-1.3 cm. Their color, with proper care, is saturated green, has a weak waxy coating.
The heads are pear-shaped and weigh up to 45 g. They contain up to 15 teeth, which have a simple structure. Their flesh is white, and the taste is semi-sharp. One square meter can bring you up to 1 kg of this garlic, which will be excellent stored for 8 months.
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"Gulliver"
Garlic "Gulliver" - one of the most beloved and common varieties among the inhabitants of our country, which becomes apparent from its description. Justifying its name, this garlic differs in the big sizes of leaves and fruits.
Unlike the previous varieties, "Gulliver" is a rifle and medium late variety (the vegetative period lasts from 87 to 98 days). He was brought in 2001 to VNIISSOK, included in the State Register and recommended for cultivation in all regions of the country.
Greens of this plant can reach up to 55 cm in height and 4 cm in width. It has a dark green color and thick wax coating. One plant produces from 8 to 12 leaves at a time. Flowering stem grows to a height of 70 cm. 
Pear-shaped, covered with grayish-white scales the head often has a weight of 100-120 g, but it can grow up to 250 g. It contains 3-5 teeth, differing in especially large dimensions. They have a dense, crispy, white flesh, spicy in taste.
Did you know? Garlic "Gulliver" contains 7% of sulfur-nitrogen containing substances, which endow it with antibiotic properties. In addition, it is 23.3% composed of amino acids and proteins, and this variety is provided in large quantities with vitamin C.
"Elenovsky"
This variety is considered spring, but in some cases it can be used for winter planting. This is a mid-season variety, which does not allow "arrows". The vegetation period lasts from 110 to 115 days.
Greens grows about 30 cm up. Each leaf has a width of about 13 mm, a green color and a wax layer of medium intensity. The bulbs of this species have a flattened round shape and weight up to 25 g. They are covered with white dry scales.
One head contains up to 16 pieces of teethhaving a creamy white flesh, dense structure and semi-sharp, spicy taste. The yield of this variety has high rates: from one hectare of harvested up to 3.7 tons of garlic, which can be stored, under the right conditions, up to 2 years.
Did you know? Garlic varieties "Yelenovsky" 35.5% consists of dry matter, as well as 25.2% of various sugars. In addition, 7 g of ascorbic acid is present in 100 g of tooth pulp, which makes it especially useful in the treatment of various kinds of viral diseases.
"Yershovsky"
This is one of the rather mediocre varieties of garlic, which is spring, mid-season and non-strelka. He, like many, is included in the State Register of the Russian Federation and recommended for planting in LPH.
Green, with an average wax bloom, the leaves of this variety grow to a height of up to half a meter, have a width of 1.5 cm. The heads have a weight of about 35 g. They are covered with white scales. Each can contain up to 25 cloves of a simple structure, with white pulp and semi-sharp taste. Yields - 700 g / m2. Harvest can be stored for 7 months in excellent condition.
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"Degtyarsky"
This variety is obliged by its name to the Degtyarsk plant of selection and seed production, at which it was bred as a spring garlic variety intended for the Moscow region and other regions.
Important! Although initially "Degtyarsky" garlic was derived for cultivation in the garden plots, it is excellent for mechanical collection in large areas.Its narrow leaves, having a width of up to 1.8 cm, grow 37 cm up. Painted in a light green grassy color and covered with a waxy coating of low intensity.
The bulb of the usual pear-shaped form is covered with white scales with reddish streaks. Reaches weight of 38 g. One head can be formed by 18 teeth with dense, semi-sharp white flesh. Up to 3 kg of garlic can be harvested from 10 m2which will be stored for at least 7 months.
Kledor
This elite variety, bred by French breeders, has low winter hardinesstherefore, it is planted only in spring and refers to the spring type of garlic. He does not throw out "arrows" and is considered mid-season.
One head of such garlic has a diameter of 5 to 6 cm. It is covered with light dry scales and contains up to 20 teeth. They are large in size and pinkish shell. Have a spiral arrangement. Their flesh is white and cream-colored, has a delicate-sharp taste and a dense structure.
This variety has proven to be high levels of quality, taste and quality characteristics. His harvest can be stored for up to 10 months in excellent condition.
Important! A distinctive feature of this variety is its almost absolute invulnerability to fungal and bacterial diseases.
"Permyak"
This is a relatively new mid-season variety, which does not allow "arrows" and was bred specifically for cultivation in the northern regions. It is included in the State Register of the Russian Federation and recommended for planting in LPH.
Its leaves have a light green color and a weak waxy coating. They grow up to 32 cm in height and have a width of 2.3 cm. The head of garlic has the usual pear-shaped shape, a mass of up to 34 g and, on average, about 17 teeth of a complex structure.
The bulb itself is covered with white scales, and the cloves have a pinkish skin. Their flesh is white, semi-sharp. With one square meter you can collect about 300 g of the crop, but it will be stored up to 10 months.
"Flavor"
This is another French variety of garlic, well known in Spain, Holland, Poland, Bulgaria, and now in Ukraine and Russia. This is a spring non-streaked view intended for spring planting.
One onion of such garlic has quite large sizes - up to 6 cm in diameter, and weighs about 80 g. It is covered with light dry scales and is formed by 15-20 fine teeth, covered with pinkish skin. The flesh of these teeth is dense, juicy, cream-colored, has a semi-sharp taste.
Variety "Flavor" has high yields and presentation. Garlic heads can be beautifully stored for a whole year, subject to the necessary storage rules, that is, at a temperature of +2 to +5 ° C, in a dark, ventilated place.
We have listed and described all the most popular and beloved by many varieties of spring garlic, intended for planting at any dacha. Now you just have to choose a suitable variety for yourself, and you will become the owner of this unique, healing and fragrant plant in your garden.
