Gypsy Red has a white outer wrapper and inner cloves with a light purple marking and a thin pale brown over skin.
Each bulb had 8 - 10 cloves and from what I'd read elsewhere I expected this garlic to be a firey hot number.
Not so with our crop which was mild and fragrant. Which all goes to show that garlic tastings are pretty subjective affairs.
I've enjoyed growing all the different varieties this season and I know that I'll grow some of the same varieties again next year but I'm not sure which ones yet.
Safe to say though I'll definitely grow some hardnecks to enjoy the first scapes of the year. Eating these really was a revalation but it's not for the faint hearted. I've got six cubes of scape pesto left in the freezer so maybe it's time to get some out and re-live the intense garlicky taste scape pesto brings to pasta.
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