Why Finger Lakes Garlic?
The Finger Lakes region of New York offers harsh winters and high quality glacial soils with an extra boost from naturally occurring minerals that impart our garlic with uniqueness in flavor and extra long keeping qualities. Just as the French believe the terroir of their soil affects their grapes, we also feel that unique soil in our region gives something extra to our splendid garlic. Try some for yourself! Our Garlic Variety Throughout the years, we’ve grown at least 20 garlic varieties—both soft and hard necks. We ultimately settled on one variety of garlic that satisfies all our quality requirements: taste, hardiness, consistent large bulb size, tight wrappers, long term storage, ease of clean-up, and appearance. It is commonly known as German White or German Extra Hardy. German White (Allium Sativum var. ophioscorodon) Hardneck, Porcelain This variety is the standard by which all are measured for winter hardiness, a vigorous grower with long roots that protect it from heaving. It
