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Sam Lacona #1 (aka Lacona #1, Palermo, Sam Lacona)
| Variety: Artichoke |
Harvest Date: Middle |
| Average Head Weight: 2.0 oz. |
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From Ronald Bennett of Victor, New York via John Swenson. SSE 145 |
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Samarkand Purple (aka Persian Star)
| Variety: Purple Stripe |
Harvest Date: Middle |
| Average Head Weight: 2.0 oz. |
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Collected by John Swenson from a Samarkand, Uzbekistan bazaar. SSE 143 |
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Sarafini Red Italian
| Variety: Artichoke |
Harvest Date: Middle |
| Average Head Weight: 1.8 oz. |
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No provenance information is provided via the SSE seed library database. SSE 59 |
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Schultz
| Variety: Silverskin |
Harvest Date: Very Late |
| Average Head Weight: 1.0 oz. |
2006 Picture |
From Mary Schultz of Monroe, Washington. SSE 42
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Seversky Palicak (aka Seversky Palichak)
| Variety: Purple Stripe |
Harvest Date: Early |
| Average Head Weight: 1.2 oz. |
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From the former Czechoslovakia. Gatersleben #ALL 133; SSE 122 |
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Shang Tung Purple
| Variety: Turban |
Harvest Date: Very Early |
| Average Head Weight: 1.7 oz. |
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From Marcia Halligan and Steve Adams of Chrysalis farm of Viroqua, Wisconsin. SSE 263 |
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Shvelisi (aka Chesnok Red)
| Variety: Purple Stripe |
Harvest Date: Middle |
| Average Head Weight: 2.1 oz. |
2006 Picture |
Collected 1995 from Schvelisi, Achakiche Province, in southern Republic of Georgia, via John Swenson. Gatersleben #K 6811; SSE 101 |
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Siberian
| Variety: Marbled Purple Stripe |
Harvest Date: Middle |
| Average Head Weight: 2.7 oz. |
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From village in Kamchatka, Siberia, where it was obtained by fishermen bartering with peasant farmers. SSE 150
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Sicilian Gold
| Variety: Artichoke |
Harvest Date: Middle |
| Average Head Weight: 3.3 oz. |
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From Sicily via David Piedmonte and Darrell Merrell of Tulsa, Oklahoma. SSE 315 |
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Sicilian Silver (aka Sicilian Silverskin)
| Variety: Silverskin |
Harvest Date: Late |
| Average Head Weight: 1.8 oz. |
2006 Picture |
From John Swenson. SSE 128 |
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Siciliano
| Variety: Artichoke |
Harvest Date: Late |
| Average Head Weight: 2.8 oz. |
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Obtained in 1991 by Richard Smith of Kettle Falls, Washington from a vendor at the Santa Fe, NM, farmers market who imported it from Sicily. SSE 205 |
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Silver Rose
| Variety: Silverskin |
Harvest Date: Very Late |
| Average Head Weight: 2.2 oz. |
2006 Picture |
From Greg Anthony Seed Company. SSE 190
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Silverskin
| Variety: Silverskin |
Harvest Date: Late |
| Average Head Weight: 0.7 oz. |
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This strain perhaps originated from Nichols Garden Nursery; SSE got their starts from CV So. SSE 49 |
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Simoneti
| Variety: Artichoke |
Harvest Date: Middle |
| Average Head Weight: 1.9 oz. |
2006 Picture |
Collected in 1982 from village of Simoneti, west of Kutaisi, Terdzola Province, Imeretia Region, Republic of Georgia, via John Swenson. Gatersleben #K 5878; SSE 70 |
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Singing Falls
| Variety: Asiatic |
Harvest Date: Middle |
| Average Head Weight: 1.5 oz. |
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Brought to Tiller, Oregon in the 1950s by Glann Rogers of Missouri who raised an organic garden until his death in the 1970s; via Brendan Flanagan; SSE 324 |
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Skuri #1
| Variety: Artichoke |
Harvest Date: Middle |
| Average Head Weight: 1.9 oz. |
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Collected in 1983 from village of Skuri, NE of Zugdidi, Megrelien Province, Republic of Georgia, via John Swenson. Gaterleben #K 6037; SSE 71 |
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Skuri #2
| Variety: Purple Stripe |
Harvest Date: Early |
| Average Head Weight: 1.4 oz. |
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Collected in 1983 from village of Skuri, NE of Zugdidi, Megrelien Province, Republic of Georgia, via John Swenson. Gaterleben #K 6038; SSE 103 |
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Spanish Morado (aka Morado de Pedronera)
| Variety: Creole |
Harvest Date: Middle |
| Average Head Weight: 1.7 oz. |
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From Andalusia, Spain via R. Hannan; this is simply Morado de Pedronera as renamed by Filaree Farm; SSE 280 |
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Spanish Red
| Variety: Creole |
Harvest Date: Early |
| Average Head Weight: 1.4 oz. |
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From Steve Beckwitt, North San Juan California in 1984 via David Cavagnaro. USDA PI 540360??; SSE 163
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Spanish Roja
| Variety: Rocambole |
Harvest Date: Middle |
| Average Head Weight: 1.4 oz. |
2006 Picture |
Northwestern heirloom variety traceable to Portland, Oregon in the 1930s, via William Ross of the Good Seed Co., Tonasket, Washington. SSE 52 |
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Special Idaho
| Variety: Rocambole |
Harvest Date: Middle |
| Average Head Weight: 3 oz. |
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From Seeds Blum; SSE 316 |
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St. Helen
| Variety: Silverskin |
Harvest Date: Late |
| Average Head Weight: 0.8 oz. |
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Family heirloom from western Washington via Ron Engeland. SSE 104 |
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Stanley Crawford's New Mexico Rocambole (aka Dixon, Mew Mexico Rocambole)
| Variety: Rocambole |
Harvest Date: Early |
| Average Head Weight: 0.8 oz. |
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Rescued by author Stanley Crawford from nearby orchard in Dixon, New Mexico, where it had naturalized and written about in his book, A Garlic Testament. SSE 264 |
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Sturgeon Creole
| Variety: Turban? |
Harvest Date: Early |
| Average Head Weight: 0.8 oz |
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Bought in May 2006 from Econo Foods in Surgeon Bay, Wisconsin. The produce manager did not know its origin. |
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Sukhumi
| Variety: Rocambole |
Harvest Date: Middle |
| Average Head Weight: 1.0 oz. |
2006 Picture |
From Republic of Georgia via Filaree Farms. SSE 119 |
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Summit Roja (aka Garlic Smith Strain Spanish Roja)
| Variety: Rocambole |
Harvest Date: Middle |
| Average Head Weight: 1.4 oz. |
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Stevens County, Washington strain of Spanish Roja, obtained in 1996 from local gardener by Richard Smith of Kettle Falls, Washington; SSE 335 |