MANUEL BENITEE

(Allium sativum) Heirloom from Cordoba in Spain. Very white bulb with tissue-like transparent skin containing dark, red-purple cloves with buff patching and streaks and hot, spicy flavour with persistent heat. Stores well - up to 12 months meaning you have garlic all year round. A late-season garlic being harvested 8 weeks after Turbans or when it falls over. Whilst this cultivar is a smaller bulb, it has a delightful flavour and is well worth the effort, particularly when it is out of season and there is no Australian garlic available.

Grows well from Northern NSW to TAS & across to WA & SA. Doesn't do well in wet humid conditions & likes dry heat.

In Penny Woodward's book 'Garlic' Manuel Benitee is placed in the Creole Group. But this cultivar, grown mainly in Tasmania very seldomly grows a scape and is probably better in the Silverskin Group. At one point Creoles and Silverskins were all classed in the one Group and they are quite closely related.

HARVEST: Mid to Late Season

STORAGE: Long - up to 12 months or more

TYPE: Silverskin / Creole

VARIETY: Hardneck

Pack of 8 cloves

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SOFTNECK vs. HARDNECK? (What is the difference?)

SOFTNECK (Allium sativum)

- soft & pliable neck (the stalk that grows up from a garlic) at maturity making them easy to braid

- strong flavour

- harder to peel than hardneck varieties

- stores well (due to several potective outer layers of papery skin)

- produces large & small cloves

- well suited to warmer areas with hot summers & mild winters

HARDNECK (Allium sativum var. ophioscorodon)

- hard & stiff neck (the stalk that grows up from a garlic) at maturity forming scapes which may also be used in cooking

- mild taste

- easy to peel

- best used soon after harvest (due to only a few protective papery layers)

- mainly large cloves around the outside of the bulb

- thrive & grow better in cooler areas

(GarlicManBen)

SKU	GarlicManBen
Shipping Weight	0.0500kg
Shipping Width	0.010m
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